CyanogenMod has announced a new gallery, called "GalleryNext" for Android smartphones that features integration with multiple cloud services, supports GIFs, and more.
CyanogenMod has formed a prominent place in the competitive custom Android ROMs and serves several million users who want a different experience on their Android smartphones. The company has always focused on improving its service and the latest announcement made on the company's Google+ account brings a new image gallery app called GallerNext. The new addition brings a slew of new features and more to be added in the future as it is still in the beta stage.
GalleryNext displays all photos and videos from local and cloud storage in a vertical column. By default, the app displays everything but a side menu allows users to choose what they wish to see. The media can be displayed in a format based on Moments, which arranges the content depending on their dates and time, or Albums, which brings a folder view.
The side menu in the GalleryNext app also lets users display content from cloud services including Flickr, Picasa, Facebook and Dropbox. Users must select Add Media Source and choose the service that should be integrated. Select the registered account and the app will sync all the photos and videos from Facebook, Flickr or other services. In order to remove the integrated service from the Gallery Next, users can simply long-press the service and click on OK when prompted.
Additionally, the new app supports GIFs, video playback, de-duplication of photos in "All" view. Since the app is still in the beta stage, CM has planned more features that will make their way into the app after completing the testing. The company plans to introduce the interface to match Android KitKat UI and add photo editor option directly from gallery.
The new app can be downloaded from Google Play Store but a user must join the CyanogenMod GalleryNext Beta Google+ community and then go through the standard installation process.
CM had a run-in with Google in November after its one-click installer violated the developer's terms of service and was asked to be removed. CyanogenMod fulfilled Google's demand but promised to offer better service to its users in alternative routes.
