Weddings & parties
A live slideshow of your guests' photos
Make a shared Google Photos album, let guests add their photos from their phones, and show it on a TV or projector with Random Slideshow. New photos join the slideshow within a few minutes, mixed in with the rest in random order.
How to set it up
- Create a shared album in Google Photos for the event, and turn on Collaborate in the album's sharing options so guests can add photos. Guests need a Google account to add photos.
- Get the album's share link (Share → Create link) and paste it on Random Slideshow.
- Show the QR code from the share options on a table card or on the screen, so guests can open the album and add their photos.
- Play the slideshow on a TV, projector or laptop, full screen. New photos are picked up every few minutes and shown next.
Do a test run the day before with a few photos, on the actual screen and Wi-Fi you'll use.
Why it works well at events
- Random order keeps the screen interesting: no long runs of one person's 40 photos in a row.
- New photos show up quickly, so guests see their own pictures on the big screen during the party.
- Nothing to install for the screen or the viewers: it runs in any web browser.
- Afterwards, everyone already has the album, and the slideshow link keeps working for anyone who wants to watch again.
Prefer more control? Collect the photos in a Google Drive folder instead and add them yourself; see the Google Drive guide.