Google is testing a new feature to select your best photos

Google Photos is testing out its Top Shot preview characteristic that volition help users detect the perfect shot even after a photograph has been taken.

As anyone that uses Google Photos might know, Top Shot is a characteristic introduced on the Pixel 3 that automatically captures images before and after the shutter button is pressed, giving y'all more choices to get that perfect shot.

Now, as reported by 9to5Google, the nifty Top Shot preview appears to be in testing to find out the all-time photo from the pocket-size portfolio of images captured before and after, to ensure your photograph is the highest quality possible.

Correct at present, Top Shot works by offering a small pop-up that suggests yous pick a ameliorate shot, which opens upwardly if clicked and displays all the photos taken.

This is a part of the Movement Photos characteristic, which needs to be enabled for Top Shot to do its job.

Google Photos is existence rumoured to be testing this feature out, with Android Constabulary sharing an image that shows a small preview of the other images you tin can choose from, rather than the text pop-upwardly.

Google photos Top Shot — Credit: Android Police

As shown by the photo on the right-hand side higher up, the new version shows multiple photo options at in one case, while the older version on the left doesn't.

The new preview gives users better access to seeing the portfolio of photos and can be seen as a meliorate visual representation of Tiptop Shot.

For anyone looking frontward to trying the newer version of Top Shot, Google hasn't mentioned when it's being rolled out or implemented into a wider test or preview any time presently.

If you're interested in what else Google is up to, you can check out our piece covering the changes the company is making to the Play Store to make reviews more than useful.