Google Photos is the home for all your photos and videos, automatically organized and easy to share.
The official Google Photos app is considered by many to be the best photo product available. It has been praised by publications such as The Verge and Wired for its essential features, including shared albums, automatic creations, and an advanced editing suite. The app is designed to cater to the way people take photos today, and it offers 15 GB of storage for every Google Account. Users can choose to automatically back up their photos and videos in either High quality or Original quality, and access them from any connected device or on photos.google.com.
With the official Google Photos app, users can enjoy 15 GB of storage for their photos and videos, which can be accessed from any device or on photos.google.com. This ensures that users' photos are safe, secure, and private. Additionally, any photos and videos backed up in High quality before June 1, 2021 will not count towards the Google Account storage limit.
The app also offers the convenience of freeing up space on users' phones by safely backing up photos and removing them from the device's storage with just one tap. Google Photos also stands out for its lack of ads and commitment to not selling users' photos, videos, or personal information for advertising purposes.
One of the most impressive features of Google Photos is its fast and powerful search function. Users can easily search for specific photos by the people, places, or things in them, without the need for manual tagging. The app also includes Google Lens, which allows users to search for and identify objects in photos, translate text, and more.
For those looking to enhance their photos, Google Photos offers an advanced editing suite with intuitive and powerful tools. Users can transform their photos with just one tap, applying content-aware filters and adjusting lighting to create stunning images.
The app also offers automatic creations, such as movies, collages, animations, and panoramas, from users' photos. These can also be easily created by the user themselves. Additionally, Google Photos makes sharing photos with friends and family a breeze with smart sharing suggestions and the ability to instantly share photos with any contact, email, or phone number.
For those who want to grant access to their photos to a trusted person, Google Photos offers shared libraries. Users can also create photo books in just minutes from their phone or computer, with suggested photo books based on their best shots from a trip or period of time. For those who need more storage, Google One offers subscriptions starting at $1.99/month for 100 GB in the US.
Overall, Google Photos is a comprehensive and user-friendly app that offers a range of features to enhance and organize users' photos. It is available on Wear OS for the Google Pixel Watch, allowing users to set their favorite photos as their watch face. However, some features, such as face grouping, live albums, and photo books, may not be available in all countries. For additional help, users can visit the Google Photos support page.
- “The best photo product on Earth” – The Verge
- “Google Photos is your new essential picture app” – Wired
The official Google Photos app is made for the way you take photos today and includes essential features like shared albums, automatic creations and an advanced editing suite. Additionally every Google Account comes with 15 GB of storage and you can choose to automatically back up all your photos and videos in High quality or Original quality. You can then access them from any connected device and on photos.google.com.
With the official app, you get:
15 GB OF STORAGE: Back up 15 GB of photos and videos and access them from any device and photos.google.com—your photos are safe, secure, and private to you. All photos and videos you back up in high quality before June 1, 2021 will not count toward your Google Account storage.
FREE UP SPACE: Never worry about running out of space on your phone again. Photos that are safely backed up can be removed from your device's storage in just a tap.
NO ADS: Google Photos doesn't sell your photos, videos, or personal information to anyone and we don't use your photos and videos for advertising.
FAST AND POWERFUL SEARCH: Your photos are now searchable by the people, places and things in them — no tagging required.
GOOGLE LENS: Search the hard-to-describe and get stuff done, right from a photo. Copy and translate text, identify plants and animals, add events to your calendar, find products online, and more.
ADVANCED EDITING SUITE: Transform photos with a tap. Use intuitive and powerful photo editing tools to apply content-aware filters, adjust lighting, and more.
AUTOMATIC CREATIONS: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, panoramas, and more from your photos. Or easily create them yourself.
SHARING SUGGESTIONS: With smart sharing suggestions, giving your friends the photos you took of them is painless. And they can add their photos, too, so you’ll finally get the photos you’re actually in.
LIVE ALBUMS: Select the people and pets you want to see and Google Photos will automatically add photos of them as you take them, no manual updates needed.*
PHOTO BOOKS: Create a photo book in just minutes from your phone or computer. You can also see suggested photo books based on your best shots from a trip or period of time.*
SEND PHOTOS IN SECONDS: Instantly share photos with any contact, email, or phone number.
SHARED LIBRARIES: Grant a trusted person access to all of your photos.
You can also upgrade storage for your Google Account, used for Original Quality photos and videos by subscribing to Google One. Subscriptions start at $1.99/month for 100 GB in the US. Pricing and availability can vary by region.
- Google One Terms of Service: https://one.google.com/terms-of-service
- One Google Pricing: https://one.google.com/about
For additional help visit https://support.google.com/photos
Google Photos is also available on Wear OS for the Google Pixel Watch. Set your favorite photos as your watch face.
*Face grouping, live albums and photo books are not available in all countries.