Did a OneDrive Photos app just appear on your PC? Here's what it does (and how to get rid of it) Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways - Microsoft has pushed out a new Windows 11 app called OneDrive Photos. - The app lets you access, view, and edit your OneDrive photos. - The app groups photos of the same people via facial recognition. Earlier this week, I noticed a new app called OneDrive Photos pop up in the Start menu on my Windows 11 PC. Being the curious type, I opened the app to snoop around and see what it could do. As its name indicates, it lets you view and even edit any photos you've stored in OneDrive, either on your PC or in the cloud. But why did Microsoft push it out so quietly, and are there any downsides to using it? First, let's address at least one question. Also: My new favorite Windows app made my PC safer and more reliable - and it's free "OneDrive Photos is already generally available today, and we're now previewing its new gallery as 'Photos (Preview)' for Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel," Microsoft said in a statement shared with PC World. "This update arrived through a OneDrive update rather than a separate install." OK, that explains how it rolled out, but it raises another question. Microsoft says that the app is a preview for Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel. But I received it on my regular production Windows 11 PC, not on an insider build. And from what I've read, many other people did as well. Everything you can do with the OneDrive Photos app With that mystery afoot, let's check out the app to see just what it does. If