This 15GB of free storage that Google Photos offers is still more than the 5GB of free storage that iCloud Photos offers, and significantly more than the 2GB of free storage that Dropbox offers. If you uploaded your photos and videos to Google Photos before June 1, they do not count against your 15GB limit of free storage.
But now, Google has walked back that feature.Īs of June 1, Google has officially ended its free unlimited storage plan and now capped it at 15GB - but it only effects new photos and videos. Google Photos is one of the most popular cloud-based photo storage services for both Android and iPhone users - in large part, because for the last five years, it offered free unlimited photo storage, which was more than its competitors like iCloud or Dropbox. Until now I have been syncing the important folders on my Mac to the Google Drive, but the Backup and Sync will make it more intuitive and efficient.Welcome to Product Support, a column devoted to helping you get the most out of the stuff you already use. However, all the files will be counted against your storage quota on the Drive, and this means that most of the free users with 15GB of data will have to upgrade and pay for more storage.Īll said and done the Backup feature seems to be the need of the hour since most of us use the Google Drive in conjunction with other Google products like the Photos and it’s always better to have all the stuff in a single place. Google is yet to explain how the backup feature will work and whether we will be able to sync the files back on other computers.
That being said the app would be available for only the regular users and the business users will probably have to wait for a while before an enterprise edition is launched. In all likelihood, the Backup and Sync might replace Google Drive App and the Google Photos Backup app when it comes to certain use cases. The new app is expected to be released on 28th this month, and it will be called Backup and Sync.
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