📱

The Piwigo NG mobile app for Android

The Piwigo mobile app for Android can be installed on a smartphone or a tablet that is using an Android-based operating system. This is the case for most smartphones on the market, apart from Apple smartphones (which can install the Piwigo app for iOS), and Microsoft smartphones.

Downloading the Piwigo NG app for Android

You can download it on Google Play by searching for Piwigo NG in the search engine.

⚠️

Warning! Other Piwigo apps exist on Google Play: one of them is obsolete, and the other, named "Piwigo Client - Basic", is not an official app. You need to make sure that you are using the Piwigo NG app. If you have installed another app, delete it from your phone.

You can also access it by clicking on this link if you are viewing this page from your phone: Download the Piwigo app on Google Play

Lastly, you can download it by scanning this QR-Code:

Features of the Piwigo app for Android

Log into your gallery

To log into your gallery on the Piwigo NG app, you need to enter its URL, your username, and your password.

Access all your albums from your mobile phone or tablet

One of the first advantages of this app is that it allows you to visit your photo library anywhere (login required). You can browse the albums or search for your photos.

The app's design is independent from the theme you chose for your web gallery, don't be surprised. Apart from that, you will find your entire Piwigo gallery on your mobile device: albums, sub-albums, photos, videos, tags…

The app also offers the ability to search for photos or view the most visited photos, the best rated, the most recent and the photos by tag.

Organize your photos

Next, you can use the app to organize your photo library (if you have an administrator account): moving albums, moving or copying photos from one album to another, renaming or deleting your albums, creating sub-albums, editing the properties of your photos (name, description, tags...), choosing an album's thumbnail…

Import photos from your mobile device to your Piwigo gallery

From the app, you can import the photos and videos of your mobile device to new or existing albums very easily.

💡

Warning: you need to have an administrator account in order to add photos to Piwigo from your mobile app.

You can keep using the app while photos are being downloaded in the background.

App settings

Settings allow you to customize your app experience and your usage.

Article summary

Downloading the Piwigo NG app for Android
Features of the Piwigo app for Android
Log into your gallery
Access all your albums from your mobile phone or tablet
Organize your photos
Import photos from your mobile device to your Piwigo gallery
App settings

Among other things, a dark mode has been added in the latest version of the app.