Google Photos no longer destroys your HDR images
A year ago, we were complaining to anyone who would listen that Google Photos was holding back HDR photography. The problem was simple: When editing HDR (or Ultra HDR) images in the app, Google Photos for Android always saved a copy of the picture instead of applying the edits to the original. This seemed to stem from the fact that Photos originally couldn't edit these types of images without stripping the HDR metadata, so keeping separate copies ensured that you didn't lose anything important.
