Can't set google photos as default

[mlynn]

I have recently had to get my phone fixed and factory reset however now my phone camera no longer opens with google photos ,it opens with samsung gallery 

My default image app is no longer google photos its samsung gallery 

And now when I go to upload an image via text it goes to samsung gallery not google photos 

I have tried absolutely everything and nothing works ,samsung gallery is set in stone and absolutely un changeable 

I can't even disable the gallery app 

When I go to stop all permissions even with google photos activated it won't even ho to google it says must use samsung gallery otherwise I can do anything 

Is there any way I can change it to how it was before where google photos was the default and only photo app i used or should I give up on samsung 

[Sonora · Accepted solution]

Even the S series can't set Google Photos to be the default photo app, all photos go to Samsung Gallery first. What you can set is automatic upload to Google Photos, check Google Photos settings, and there you can also delete photos from the device after uploading to Google Photos

[lminvti]

Hi there 👋 and warm welcome

As @Sonora rightly said there's no option unfortunately, only thing you can do is change settings for photos to appear same time as on galary app, which is stock gallery app for samsung phones.

[Moiramon]

It actually goes to both. In Google photos they're under collections, on this device but there's no option to set a default gallery app.