# Microsoft's Photos app now links PC, OneDrive, and iCloud

> Microsoft redesigned Windows 11's Photos app to combine galleries from multiple sources and speed up editing and viewing.
- Title: Microsoft's Photos app now links PC, OneDrive, and iCloud
- Summary: Microsoft redesigned Windows 11's Photos app to combine galleries from multiple sources and speed up editing and viewing. Microsoft redesigned its Windows 11…
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- Source: The Verge — https://theverge.com/tech/1012003/microsoft-windows-11-new-photos-app-onedrive-icloud
- Author: Jess Weatherbed
- Published: 2026-10-15T14:53:38+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: microsoft, windows 11, photos app, onedrive, icloud, image editor, technology, culture
## Microsoft redesigns Photos for Windows 11
Microsoft has overhauled its Photos app for Windows 11, combining photos and videos from your PC, OneDrive, and iCloud into a single gallery space for easier browsing and management.
## How to link your photo libraries together
Turn on Camera Backup in the OneDrive mobile app on iOS or Android, and follow Apple's guide to set up iCloud for Windows.
## Editor rebuilt from the ground up
The new Photos editor launches twenty five percent faster and arranges tools into four categories: Crop, Enhance, Repair, and Stylize.
## Viewer gets faster, broader file support
The viewer launches fifteen percent faster and opens HEIC images up to thirty percent faster.Media type support now includes SVG files.
## Key takeaway

Microsoft redesigned its Windows 11 Photos app to combine images from PC, OneDrive, and iCloud in one gallery, with a faster editor and viewer launching today for Windows Insiders.