How to send photos to a friend’s picture frame?
Traditionally, sending photos to a friend’s picture frame was a lengthy process. You’d need to go through all of the photos you took on your digital camera (which often took longer than you’d expect). You’d then need to take these photos to get processed and printed.
For dozens of pictures, this can be quite expensive. You then need to make or buy the frames and glass panels for each of the photos. After this, you’d personally deliver the pictures to your friend or family member – and maybe even help them set up a picture frame collage.
Today, technology and devices like the digital picture frame make sharing special photos with your friends and family much easier – and cheaper in the long run. You save loads of time and avoid the frustration of finding and printing pictures. Devices centered around photo-sharing need to be interconnected, easy to use, and packed with features that cater to the modern home and family.
We take most of our photos on either smartphones or cameras. Printing and framing photos is a dying industry. We’re so used to effortless photo-sharing, connecting to social media, and viewing our photos in bulk all in one place. The digital picture frame solves most of these issues with ease.
One final excellent photo-sharing method with Pix-Star’s picture frame for friends is by USB/SD card. Here you can load thousands of photos, 2-minute video clips, and audio files to a USB/SD card and insert them into the Pix-Star frame. Unlike many other digital picture frames, you can use any USB/SD card size. Pix-Star’s plug-and-play feature lets you play slideshows directly off the USB/SD card. Alternatively, you can copy its content to the frame’s 8GB internal storage.
Pix-Star’s picture frames even let you link to and import photo albums from social media and photo-sharing sites. These frames are Wi-Fi and cloud-capable too, meaning you can also send pictures over email, wirelessly from your computer, from social media, through their mobile app, and more.
Should I buy a picture frame for a friend as a gift?
Getting a digital picture frame for your friends is a great gift idea. With popular digital frames like the Pix-Star picture frame, you can share photos, videos, and audio directly from your phone to their frame’s display. These received photos can display in customizable slideshows, where you have full control over how and when they display.
Top digital picture frames with Wi-Fi like the Pix-Star offer free-for-life cloud storage. There’s a supported web interface for each of your Pix-Star frames, whereby you can remotely control & manage up to 25 Pix-Star frames – from a single user account. It’s fantastic for families and groups of friends as you buy several frames, connect them, and automate much of the sharing and control process.
Instead of printing and framing dozens of photos, get a picture frame for your friends! They’ll love the ease of use and bulk photo-sharing – no matter where you/they are in the world. We recommend looking at Pix-Star’s 10-inch digital picture frame for fantastic value for money. Pix-Star’s frames are arguably the most versatile and capable premium digital picture frames for friends and families on the market in 2022!
What to look for in a digital picture frame for friends and family?
Getting a digital picture frame for photo-sharing with friends and family is a great way to stay meaningfully connected. To ensure this interconnectedness, both Wi-Fi and cloud connectivity are must-have features. Top digital frames like the Pix-Star offer free-for-life cloud storage and extensive Wi-Fi features.
You need to be able to share photos from anywhere in the world. A mobile app is key as we take most of our pictures on smartphones. It’s worth noting that some digital frames like Nixplay and Skylight charge extra monthly fees to unlock cloud storage, mobile apps, etc. We recommend avoiding these as competing picture frames like the Pix-Star offer all of the same features without charging a cent extra.
There should be some way to connect and import photos directly from social media to connected digital picture frames. With Pix-Star’s frames, you can import photo albums from a dozen external sources like Facebook, Instagram, Google Photos, your computer, etc. Avoid digital frames like the Aura frame as they only allow photo sharing directly through the mobile app – no email, no web interface, no web albums.
Offline functionality is another key component of a great digital frame. There should be at least 4GB of internal storage, extensive USB/SD card support, and a local file explorer. Pix-Star’s frames are arguably the best at this as they don’t restrict the maximum size of connected USB/SD cards. There’s also a plug & play feature that lets you play slideshows directly from a connected USB/SD card.
Finally, we recommend paying close attention to the digital frame’s aspect ratio. We recommend a 4:3 aspect ratio as it best matches the aspect ratio that most smartphones capture pictures in. You won’t need to worry about manually editing photos before sending them to the frame. You also don’t need to worry about pictures getting cropped, distorted, or surrounded by black bars to fill the unused space.
How to play videos on a friend’s picture frame?
Pix-Star’s picture frame for friends lets you send 2-minute video clips to any of your Pix-Star frames – no matter where you are in the world. Use either the Pix-Star Snap mobile app for sharing video clips from anywhere. Alternatively, load video clips to a USB/SD card and insert them into the frame. You can copy these clips to the frame’s internal storage.
Pix-Star’s frames can include videos in slideshows alongside photos – something that very few other top digital picture frames can do. Pix-Star’s frames can also play audio files over slideshows and connect to external speakers/headphones for more immersive slideshows.
Can a friend’s picture frame show photos from social media?
Pix-Star’s friend’s picture frames can import and sync photo albums from almost a dozen external sources. These sources include social media sites like Facebook and Instagram, photo-sharing sites such as Google Photos and Flickr, and even online storage platforms like Google Drive and Dropbox. This is known as Pix-Star’s web album feature.
Once a web album is linked to one or more Pix-Star frames (via the web dashboard), set it to automatically update. To share new photos, simply load them to the linked album. Pix-Star will automatically share these photos with all linked frames. Web albums are available offline. Use the web interface to manage them remotely, start slideshows, and more – no matter where you are in the world.
