Google Photos is a smarter home for all your photos and videos, made for the way you take photos today.
“The best photo product on Earth” – The Verge
“Google Photos is your new essential picture app” – Wired
“Upload the pictures, and let Google Photos do the rest” – The New York Times
• 15 GB OF CLOUD STORAGE: 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. 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 what you see. This preview enables you to identify text and objects in your photos to learn more and take action.
• SMARTER SHARING: 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.
• ADVANCED EDITING: Transform photos with a tap. Use intuitive and powerful photo and video editing tools to apply content-aware filters, adjust lighting, and more.
• MOVIES AND GIFS, MADE FOR YOU: Get automatically created movies, collages, GIFs, and more from your photos. Or easily create them yourself.
• LIVE ALBUMS: Share your latest photos with 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.
• SHARED LIBRARIES: Share without sharing. Grant a trusted person access to all of your photos.
• REDISCOVER: Get collages of photos you took a year ago on this day – perfect for #tbt.
• ON YOUR TV: View your photos and videos on your TV with Chromecast and Airplay support.
You can also upgrade storage for your Google Account, used for Original Quality photos and videos, Google Drive and Gmail by subscribing to Google One, an expanded storage plan. Subscriptions start at $1.99/month for 100 GB in the US. Pricing and availability can vary by region.
Storage subscriptions purchased in-app will be charged to your iTunes Account, and automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to iTunes Account Settings after purchase.
Google Privacy Policy: https://google.com/intl/en_US/policies/privacy
Google One Terms of Service: https://one.google.com/terms-of-service
Note: Face grouping is not available in all countries.
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Using GPS in the background can decrease battery life. Google Photos doesn't run GPS in the background unless you turn on optional features.
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Summary of user reviews
Positive highlights
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This app hasAutomatically backs up and stores photos across all devices
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This app hasOffers intelligent photo organization and album creation
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This app hasProvides powerful editing tools and effects
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This app hasAllows easy search and retrieval of photos
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This app hasConsidered a safe and secure place to store photos
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This app hasUses AI to enhance and stylize photos
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This app hasEnables easy sharing of photos with others
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This app hasSurfaces old memories through 'Memories' feature
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This app hasSeparates blurry photos for easy deletion
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This app hasFrees up device storage by allowing deletion of local photos
Negative highlights
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This app hasLimited free storage, requires paid subscription for more
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This app hasDifficulty finding and deleting duplicate photos
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This app hasConcerns about government/legal access to stored photos
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This app hasLacks some advanced photo editing capabilities
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This app hasUnreliable offline functionality
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This app hasAI-powered enhancements not always desirable
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This app hasIncorrect date/time metadata for some saved photos
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This app hasConfusing user interface and navigation
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This app hasReported loss of photos by some users
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This app hasLimited editing options on non-mobile devices
What's New in Google Photos
7.11.0
December 12, 2024
Thanks for using Google Photos. This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
We fixed user-reported issues and added new features to help you do more in Google Photos.
I am writing this review in the hope the others will follow suit and stand up for consumers rights, as they don’t seem to pay attention to the feedback of their customers, the ones who actually pay for the privilege. I first used google photos years ago and was relatively satisfied with the app. Unfortunately it is just useless now. I have thousands upon thousands of photos saved and pay for a service where I can’t find a single image in search because they took away this basic function for whatever profit gaining reason they deemed reasonable. What is the point if you can’t search and find your saved images? Also seriously, it’s 2024 and Google hasn’t figured out away for Apple users to transfer their saved photo albums directly to albums in Google photos, and you have to manually save all your photos into albums again? Such simple adjustments that would actually make the app consumer friendly and worth paying for. I would suggest finding an alternative to entrust your precious memories with, rather than pay for a service run by a company whom has such little regard for their customers and their photos.