- A new feature, codenamed “Soba,” appears to be in development for Google Photos.
- Analysis of the Android version of the Google Photos app (v7.70) revealed resource code related to this new feature, “codenamed: Soba.”
- Google Photos has a history of using food names as internal codenames for its new features.
Initially launched as an online photo library service with unlimited storage, “Google Photos” has evolved significantly. While unlimited storage is no longer available, it has transformed into a content generation service centered around AI editing and “creative” features such as “Remix,” “Collage,” and “Cinematic Photos.”
In this latest development, it appears that a new feature under the codename “Soba” is being developed for Google Photos. The details were uncovered through “app analysis.”
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By analyzing the in-app code of the Android version of “Google Photos” (v7.70), released on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, we confirmed that resource code related to a new feature with the codename “Soba” has been added. Interestingly, this codename was previously listed as a “Placeholder” for a temporary area, but it has now been renamed to “Soba.”
However, “Soba” is merely a codename and not the actual name of the feature.
<string name="photos_auratab_soba_impl_title">Soba</string>Google Photos has a history of using food names as codenames for its new features. For example, “Magic Editor” was codenamed “Udon,” “Me Meme” was “Kombucha,” and “AI generation” was “Kefir.” Therefore, the discovery of “Codename: Soba” confirms that a new feature is currently in development for Google Photos.
What kind of feature will “Codename: Soba” turn out to be?
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