To continue saving photos for free on Google Photos, buy a Pixel phone

Tram Ho

After 5 years of implementing free photo storage on Google Photos, Google finally says it will end in early June next year. Storing 4 trillion photos and about 28 billion new photos uploaded every week is obviously a huge expense, and even Google doesn’t use your photo library for advertising purposes to reap profits. .

Therefore, from June 2021, when your Google Drive 15GB limit has expired, you will have to spend money to buy more storage space or delete unnecessary images to continue using.

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Another way is to own the Google Pixel line of phones. Every device in this line of phones, from the very first version to the new devices of 2020, is the exception of this new policy. Even so, you are still only allowed to upload free “high quality” images – which have been compressed – for inclusion in Google Photos.

It is clear that with billions of phones in use globally today, if Google continues to free its services, it will put a terrible pressure on the company’s cloud infrastructure. However, with the insignificant sales of Pixel phones globally, the pressure will be alleviated.

Not many people may spend money on new devices to enjoy a particular service, but with Google Photos it can be an exception. This is considered as one of the best photo storage services today when it can recognize writing, faces, pets, … and automatically organize photos into albums for you.

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In addition, the imaging capabilities of Pixel smartphones have always been appreciated for their processing algorithms as well as many special features built into them. Therefore, the incorporation of unlimited photo storage on Google Photos service will be an advantage that is difficult to ignore of this device line.

But how long will this privilege last? Google has previously committed to allowing Pixel phones to store original photos unlimitedly on Google Photos, but now this is no longer the case. However, with the sluggish sales of the current Pixel series, it is possible that the ability to store high-quality compressed photos for free for these devices will be extended for a while.

It can be seen that Google’s policy adjustment is an arrow that hits many targets. While it might be possible to convince more users to pay for Google One storage, there will certainly be more people willing to buy a Pixel phone to enjoy Google’s photo storage service.

Refer to Android Central

 

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