Google images can now be saved on desktop & accessed via a mobile device

After launching the image-saving feature on mobile last November, Google now lets logged-in users save images on desktop.

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After making it possible to save images via a mobile browser, Google has expanded its image-saving feature to desktop.

Now, users signed into their Google account can save an image to Google while on their desktop using the star icon, and then access saved images via their mobile device.

Google desktop image save option

Google also notes images can be grouped together using tags to better organize image collections.
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Google originally launched this feature on mobile devices in November of last last year, allowing users to save Google images to their collections across all major browsers on both Android and iOS.


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