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An online service by Google to safely store photos and videos. Most Android devices automatically store all the created media in it as the default setting.

It was created originally as part of the later stopped [google plus]. Later it integrated the also stopped [picasa]. The service stores unlimited count of at most 16MP images and unlimited many videos.

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How can I check storage I have used on Google photos

I know google photos is giving unlimited storage (for 16MP photos and 1020p videos). I have uploaded around 5000 photos and videos, but I cannot find the storage I have used.
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Activate face recognition in the new Google Photos

I'm living in Europe and the new Google Photos app does not group the people in my photos in the search menu. I did some research and found out that this function is only available in USA. Any idea how to activate it in other countries? As…
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How can I change the file size of photos uploaded to Google Photos?

I have uploaded my photos in Google Photos with upload size Original. Now only 4.4GB is left out of 15GB. I have deleted photos on my phone after uploading them to Google Photos. Now I changed my Google Photos settings, I have selected Upload size…
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If I choose the Original option in Google Photos will only photos above 16 MP be counted against my quota?

I have some photos that are higher than 16 mp and some photos taken on my phone that are less. I want to back it all up to Google Photos but I don't want to select High Quality as I don't want the photos above 16 mp to be compressed. If I select…
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Why does Google Photos "Free up space" feature tell me I can free up only 12MB?

I'm using Google Photos to backup and sync my photos to the cloud. In the menu in the Android app there's an option called "Free up storage", which will supposedly Remove original photos & videos from your device that are already backed…
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How to archive all photos from an album in google photos app

I have an album with more than thousand photos in it. I want to archive all the photos in this album. I didn’t see any option in google photos app for archiving all the photos inside an album. Is there any way to do it quickly without having to…
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Google image backup sans moving photos off phone

Prior to recent phone dying, I had found out that Google's photo backup strangely (or at least sans a setting I was missing) MOVES files off your phone that they backup. Once I realised that I excluded all new folders created from this "backup". Of…
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Stop google from saving my photos/images online

Today I got one of those "A year ago today..." notifications from google where it showed a photo I took a year ago today and It was really weird because I considered that photo (and in general all the photos I take, as well as screenshots, etc) to…
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If I own Google Pixel and iPhone with same Google account, do I get unlimited upload for Google Photos?

Google Photos changed the policy so that only Google Pixel owners get to upload to Google Photos for free. If I own an iPhone and Google Pixel both connected to the same Google account, does iPhone also get unlimited uploads?
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Google Photos - Stop asking to allow edits?

I just got a new phone, I upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus from an LG G8X, and whenever I edit a photo using Google Photos, it always asks me to ALLOW the edit. The Google Photos app never did this on my old LG G8X, so how can I get my new S20…
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Stop Google Photos app from deleting a local album

I have a lot of cool projects which I like to show off when I am on the road. On my phone, I have a 'demo' album created in Google photos. This is the single most used album on my phone, which I generally show off once per week. The app continually…
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How to disable the in-app update notification on Google Photos?

When opening Google Photos and if there is a newer version, it says that I need to upgrade. You can of course click no, but it is very troublesome to do it always. Is there any way to disable this popup without upgrading the app? I got a rooted…
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In Google Photos, when I try to delete a photo or video on SD card it tells me to go to gallery

I have 2 Mi note 4g's and both of them have the same problem. I have also given access to all permissions in settings(though there is no permission for SD card). All the photos outside the SD card can be deleted all right.
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Extremely heavy CPU usage (Google Photos 2.4.0.138833446)

The other day, I noticed that my phone was very warm and the battery was going down fast. A quick look at htop showed it was Google Photos. /system/bin/logd also has high usage when Photos is busy. The combined load spikes three of the CPU cores to…
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Missing photos from Google Photos app

My son uploaded about 1000 photos, but when he got home from holiday and logged onto the app, the photos simply weren't there even though when he did the upload, he got a backup successful message. Is there any way of contacting Google to retrieve…
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