How set up party mode to Ensure a photo opportunity is never missed on Google+ events

Have you ever been to an event and either forgotten to take any photos or forgotten to share the pictures until long after the event’s finished? Well, help is at hand through the Google+ app.

 As you will probably already be aware, you can set up social events through Google+; either a physical get-together or a virtual ‘Hangout’. When setting up an event, you can activate ‘Party Mode’.

This means that for anyone who is attending the event, whenever they take pictures on the mobile device that they are logged into Google+ on, the photos will automatically be uploaded to the event stream. 

This also applies to any pictures you take yourself.

The clever thing about Party Mode is that it only lasts for the duration of the event. So when the event ends, any pictures you take thereafter won’t be automatically uploaded to the event
stream. Not only does this mean that photographic documentation of the event will be more or less
guaranteed, but also that there is no manual upload process – it all takes place in the background,
without anyone having to lift a finger beyond the one poised above their shutter button.

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Here we guide you through the process of setting up an event with Party Mode enabled, and highlight the various benefits of this great little feature with our self google tricks 

Set up Party Mode and save photos to Google+

1: Set up event: follow these link to your main Google+ home screen, tap on the menu icon in the top-left corner and then scroll down the list and choose the Events option. You will then be taken to see your main Google+ Events screen. or click go to these link

2: New event:Tap on the ‘+’ icon on the top bar and then start entering in all of the details for your event. This includes the date, time and location. You can also invite people from your circles and add a description for the event.

3: Set up and invite:Once all of the details have been changed (you can even tailor the theme), tap Invite and the event will be set up. Now tap on the event you have just created, which is now listed on the main Events screen.

4: Enable Party Mode:You will now be on the main event overview page. Here you will see an option called ‘Party Mode’ – place a tick in the check box next to it and a floating box will appear that tells you all
about the feature.

5: Party Mode on:Make sure you turn on Party Mode, and you’ll then be invited to take the first picture of

the event. This will then be uploaded in the background and will soon appear within your
event feed.

6: Join the Hangout:When setting up your event, you have the option to specify if it is a physical event or a Google

Hangout, which is a virtual get-together. If the event is a Hangout, scroll down and tap on the
Google+ Hangout link to join.

7: Start snapping:As is the nature of Party Mode, any photos that you take within the specified time frame of the
event will be automatically uploaded to the stream. Tap on the camera icon at the top of
the window.

8: Selecting the camera:You will be taken through to your photo gallery. Tap on the camera icon at the top of the window again and you will launch your phone’s camera and be able to start photo-documenting the event to share with others.

9: Keep in sync:Like we said, any photos you take will be automatically uploaded to the event feed, but if images aren’t instantly displaying, tap on the sync icon at the top of the window to perform an
instant sync.