The Friends Feature allows for the easy and instant sharing of photos between Nixplay accounts.
Make sure to check and change the Settings of your feature and customize it to your preference.
Default Settings on your Friends Feature may cause the photos to not appear on your frame and playlists.
ADDING FRIENDS USING THE MOBILE APP
Here are the steps on how to add a friend using the app:
1. Login to your Nixplay account on the app and Hit “Me”
2. Choose Friends
3. On your Friends tab, Select + New Friend
4. Enter your friend's Nixplay address. Please make sure to select “When I receive photos from this person, please send to the following playlist”. Then, choose the playlist that you want for your friend.
ADDING FRIENDS USING THE WEBSITE
You can also customize and add your friends using the website. Here's how:
1. Log in to your account in https://app.nixplay.com. Then on the homepage, choose Friends
2. Hit Add New Friend
3. Enter your friend's name, Nixplay username and choose a Playlist you want for them. Then hit Add Friend. Note that assigning a playlist to a friends ensures that the photos will be received by your frame.
CUSTOMIZING FRIENDS' PLAYLISTS
For Friends that do not have assigned, playlists, the photos they are sending are automatically set "Do not send to any playlist" by default. If you want your frame to be receiving the photos, make sure you edit their playlist assignment so the photos they send can be seen by your frame.
Here's how to assign a friend to a specific playlist using the Mobile App:
1. Login to your Nixplay account on the app and select “Me and choose Friends.
3. Select the name of your friend
4. Select the small text that says Edit underneath your friend’s name
5. Please make sure to tick “When I receive photos from this person, please send to the following playlist”. Click the box below it to change the playlist then select a playlist for the photos they send then hit Save Changes.
How to assign a friend to specific playlists using the Website:
1. Log in to your account in https://app.nixplay.com. Then on the homepage, choose Friends
2. Find your Friend and click on the gear icon beside their name
3. Please make sure to check “Choose which Playlist will receive photos sent by Friend”. Click the box below it to change the playlist then select a playlist for the photos they send and hit Done.
SENDING PHOTOS TO FRIENDS
You are now ready to receive photos from friends as soon as you have checked your Friends' Settings. Now, get ready to send and share photos with your friends!
How to send photos to friends using the Mobile app:
1. Log in to your Nixplay account on the app and select “Me and choose Friends.
2. Choose Friends
3. Find your tap on your friend's name
4. Tap on Send Photos
5. Choose Photo Gallery/Camera Roll
- Photo Galley/Camera Roll (phone's media gallery), Take a Photo (new picture from phone's camera), Cloud Album (Nixplay account's photos in Library).
6. Tap on photos you want to send and they will have blue check marks then hit Done/Add
7. You will go to the preview of chosen photos, you have options to add captions on them. Hit the blue arrow on the corner to finalize.
8. You will see the photos sent in your friend's page once successful
How to send photos to friends using the Website:
1. Log in to your account in https://app.nixplay.com. Then on the homepage, choose Photos. Then click on Content Library then click on the Album where the photos you want to send are.
2. Hover your mouse and click on the check marks of the photos you want to send, they will turn green.
3. Click on the Blue Bar above that says Send to Friend. Tick on the boxes of the friend/s you want to send the photos to and hit the gray Send box below the names.
GOOD TO KNOW:
1. Assign a playlist to your friend to make sure the photos they are sending you will appear in it and you will be able to enable the playlist to your frame
2. Default playlist assignment to all friends is Do Not Send To Any Playlist. The account is just receiving them but the frame will not.
3. You can change playlist assignments to your friends anytime and it will be applied moving forward.
4. You can set a default playlist assignment to all friends so that all incoming friends will automatically be assigned as a friend:
4a. Go to Me then Tap Settings
4b. Turn on Auto-accept friend requests and select your preferred Default Playlist Assignment
5. If you are expecting to send photos to your friends Nixplay accounts, make sure they also check the Settings in their accounts to customize it.
6. The Friends Feature does not apply to non-Nixplay accounts or photos being sent through emails.