Google Embeds

Maps and YouTube 9 embed as iframes (<iframe>); add loading="lazy" and a title. The Maps Embed API (google.com/maps/embed/v1/place?key=...&q=...) is free with no usage limits; restrict its key to your domain. The youtube-nocookie.com host (privacy-enhanced mode) keeps embedded views from personalizing the viewer's YouTube experience and ads, and lite-youtube-embed 6,349 (https://github.com/paulirish/lite-youtube-embed 6,349 ) shows only a thumbnail until clicked, rendering about 224 times faster by its README's measure. Google Photos no longer exposes whole libraries: since March 31, 2025 the Library API sees only items your app uploaded, and the Picker API lets a user choose photos to hand over.