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photos are good videos are better zoe's are weird but also awesome but without a great way to share all that it's just a big ugly pile of media so let's see what HTC has to offer in that area I'm Michael Fisher this is pocket now and this is a guided tour of the gallery and media sharing features on the HTC One so let's say you've had a day full of adventure in the woods and you want to share it with friends this whole experience starts in the gallery which displays a ribbon of blinkfeed like social images from your Facebook Flickr and Dropbox accounts but your photos are always right up top the one organizes your gallery in two events by default now the inclination if you're an old-timer like me is to immediately go up and change that to say albums instead because that's what you're used to but fight that impulse because events are pretty logical they're grouped by date and location and they're necessary for video highlights as you scroll you'll notice that the one selectively animates events at random to show you what's inside this helps liven up the gallery instead of presenting you with the static thumbnails we've been used to seeing from computers for 20 years so when you jump into the event you want to share you'll notice a big square dominating the top of the event now that's not a video or a Zoe you shot it's the video highlight reel the phone has automatically created for you tap it and you'll see something less than a movie more than a slideshow setting videos zoe's and photos to a jaunty tune and throwing a filter over the top there are six modes available each with its own unique feel and we'll change it up here to something a little more appropriate some of them are pretty tacky but it's pretty cool how HTC changes the way the video is cut to match the music now as this scrolls through maybe we see something we don't want included or we remember something we do that's not here we can jump into the menu hit select content and then decide exactly what media we do and don't want in the real remember the phone is doing all the editing and other heavy lifting here we're just telling it what media we want included once we've got everything applied to our liking we can hit save to save the finished highlight reel to the phone or share to send it to our friends or family right away you can share via the usual channels in facebook email etc or you can use HTC share which aims to preserve the cinematic experience a bit when you go this route it automatically uploads not just the video highlights reel but also other media in the same event which is a little confusing of course you can alter what's included and what's not before uploading but we're not sure why that's not a mandatory step to prevent you from uploading things you really didn't want to the UI could use a little clarification here once the upload is complete you decide how you want to share the link to the experience and you send it out your experience stays hosted at the private link for a hundred eighty days and it looks like this on a computer screen the highlights reel sometimes takes a few minutes to load before it's accessible the presentation is minimal and classy and media is downloadable right from the page we tested it on Firefox and Chrome on a Mac as well as mobile safari on an ipad 3 and iphone 4s and the stock android browser on the HTC One the highlights reel played equally well on the mall it even played on an HP TouchPad you can use HTC share to disseminate in a more pedestrian fashion too if you just wanted to distribute photos say but it's much more fun when you include the highlight reel and what's really cool is the video highlights and HTC share work together to give Zoe a reason to exist instead of just being a collection of four second videos or whatever and it does end up being worth it just be mindful that you do need an HTC account which is free that content expires after 180 days which is sad and that it's a pretty bare-bones you I with the exception of the custom frames and filters for photos there's very little customization available so you have to trust the phone software to make your day look good fortunately it seems adept at that those photo frames and filters are great and the addition of Zoey really puts it over the top if you can resist the urge to treat HTC's new gallery is just another thumbnail collection you can really make your adventures pop on the one just make sure to keep an eye on your HTC accounts storage space that's it for now folks we have a whole lot more on the HTC One at pocketnow.com and check out our various reviews comparisons and other features follow us on social media subscribe if you like the video throws the thumbs up and leave us a comment if you have something to say thank you for watching we'll see you next time you