Updated Photos app for Windows 11 starts rolling out to Insiders

San Francisco: Microsoft has started rolling out its newly updated Photos app for Windows 11 Insiders.

The app features new WinUI 2.6 controls, new Mica effects and new photo views. The app also gets the Dark Mode which will also be present system-wide with the Windows 11 update, reports GizmoChina.

The app will also support extensions that can be downloaded from the Microsoft store. Currently, the redesigned Photos app is only rolling out to a select batch of users.

Windows 11 is set to be rolled out to eligible devices as a free upgrade starting October 5.