Overview
- Aura has completed a migration to Google’s new Ambient API and is rolling out restored Google Photos auto‑sync for its digital frames.
- Existing auto‑sync users must reconnect their Google Photos accounts and reselect synced albums in the Aura app to resume automatic updates.
- Auto‑Add album syncing sends all current and future photos from a Google Photos album to a frame and will remove frame images if they are deleted from the synced album.
- Individually added photos behave differently by remaining on the frame until removed in the Aura app, and iOS users add single images via the Google Photos share sheet while Android users use a new in‑app selector.
- The fix reverses the disruption caused when Google limited third‑party Photos access in 2025, ending the manual download/upload workaround that Aura owners faced and restoring convenience for everyday households that use the $150‑range frames.