Google Photos

The 3 best Google Photos alternatives to store your photos and videos

Siddharth Suvarna / June 8, 2021

Are you looking for a Google Photos alternative now that Google has ended free unlimited photo storage? Worry not, there are plenty of options available for someone who takes a lot of photos and stores them on the cloud. The photos and videos already on Google Photos will still be available, but anything uploaded after June 1st will count towards the free 15GB storage. Of course, you can sign up for a Google One storage plan and get more space. However, there are a couple of better alternatives that you may want to try.

How to download photos and videos from Google Photos

Siddharth Suvarna / June 2, 2021

Starting June 1st, all new photos and videos you upload to Google Photos will count against your free 15GB of storage. Prior to this, Google was providing unlimited storage to all users, but now it will only be available for Pixel phone users. If you don't feel like paying extra for your photo storage, the best thing to do is to download all your photos and videos from Google Photos. This way, you'll free up some space for new photos and videos.

Gmail gains a “Save to Photos” button as Google brings a handy new shortcut to the iOS app

Christian Zibreg / May 27, 2021

Google now lets you save image attachments from Gmail to your Google Photos account with ease. Also, the company rolled out a new Siri shortcut command in Gmail for iOS and iPadOS.

Google Photos is making it easier to cherry-pick the Memories content you look back on

Christian Zibreg / May 19, 2021

Google Photos is introducing several new features in its iOS and Android app designed to make it easier to relive your favorite moments and pick the content for the Memories feature.

Google Photos is gaining a feature that turns two similar images into a single moving shot

Christian Zibreg / May 20, 2021

Google Photos is rolling out a cool new feature that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to animate a virtual camera for a smooth, nicely done panning effect.

How to automatically upload your photos to Google Photos instead of iCloud on iPhone

Siddharth Suvarna / May 10, 2021

If for some reason, you do not want to backup your photos to Apple's iCloud, then you can automatically upload the photos to Google Photos, which is an excellent alternative for backing up photos and videos on your iPhone or iPad.

How to transfer iCloud photos and videos to Google Photos

Sandy Writtenhouse / March 5, 2021

Apple introduced a new feature that allows you transfer your iCloud photos and videos to Google Photos. The service doesn’t remove any of your photos or videos from iCloud, it simply copies them over to Google Photos.

So if you’re interested in a third-party backup of your items or are planning to make a switch away from iCloud, this could make it easy. Here, we’ll show you how to get the ball rolling to transfer your photos and videos, the limitations you may run into, and a few other things you need to know.

Apple launches a service to transfer your iCloud Photos collection to Google Photos

Evan Selleck / March 3, 2021

If you were hoping Apple would launch a dedicated service to transfer your iCloud Photos collection to a third-party service, well, the wait is over.

Google Photos is getting a redesigned editor

Christian Zibreg / February 11, 2021

Google Photos will be rolling out a redesigned editor on iOS over the coming weeks.

Google to fix a bug that gave iPhone owners unlimited high-resolution photo storage

Christian Zibreg / October 22, 2019

Google has said that a loophole in its Photos service that seemingly gave iPhone owners unlimited storage for high-resolution media is a bug, one that it intends to fix soon.

Google Photos for iOS picks up iTunes Smart Playlist-like Live Album functionality

Christian Zibreg / October 10, 2018

Live Albums, available in the just-released version 4.3 update to Google Photos for iPhone and iPad, is a cool new feature that lets you choose the specific people and pets you'd like to see and then have the app automatically add new photos of them as you take them.

Google Photos bringing Favorites and Hearts

Christian Zibreg / May 22, 2018

Google yesterday updated its excellent Photos app for iPhone and iPad with the ability to favorite your photos, as well as “heart” images that have been shared with you.