# Using an old Tablet as a picture viewer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 26, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-an-old-tablet-as-a-picture-viewer/805329 "2017-12-26T19:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-an-old-tablet-as-a-picture-viewer/805329/1 "2017-12-26T19:23:57Z")
What I’d like to do is turn an old tablet into a photo viewer for my Dad to use. The catch is…I would like to be able to edit what he can see remotely. I would like to add photos as needed without going to his home to do it. I’m thinking of syncing maybe an online Google photo album, giving him access to it, then opening an app on the tablet that will display the contents of that album with all of my future edits included. Does anyone know it this is possible? The tablet would be strictly used for the app installed to view the online folder, nothing else. So, basically, it would always be plugged in and turned on to allow the images to be continuously displayed. tips and suggestions apprecitated ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-an-old-tablet-as-a-picture-viewer/805329/2 "2017-12-26T19:52:19Z")
How about this? > **[How to turn your iPad into the best digital photo frame](https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/13/how-to-turn-ipad-into-best-digital-photo-frame/)** > > You can easily spend between $100 and $200 on a Wi-Fi digital photo frame, but these often have clunky interfaces... If not there are many “picture frame apps” that might do. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-an-old-tablet-as-a-picture-viewer/805329/3 "2017-12-26T20:13:09Z")
That would work great if I had an IPAD, which I don’t. This will be an android device. Thanks for looking tho. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-an-old-tablet-as-a-picture-viewer/805329/4 "2017-12-26T20:44:17Z")
> [@Uncommon\_Sense](#): > > That would work great if I had an IPAD, which I don’t. This will be an android device. > Thanks for looking tho. A lot of iPad apps have equivalents in the Android Play Store, often by the same name. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-an-old-tablet-as-a-picture-viewer/805329/5 "2017-12-26T20:47:47Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > A lot of iPad apps have equivalents in the Android Play Store, often by the same name. Unfortunately the link in the second post refers to in-bedded features in IOS. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-an-old-tablet-as-a-picture-viewer/805329/6 "2017-12-26T21:05:36Z")
I finally found something called Fotoo that sounds promising. I shall give it a try and report back.