One of the great evils of digital photography in the era of smartphones is the storage capacity The space available forSave all the videos and photos captured from the mobile. And, Why delete a whole series of photographs of the same scene when you can create an animation with them? O why delete that funny video of a kitten that helps us pass the time? The problem is that the memory of mobiles is limited, and although there are clouds or Internet storage services, these end up being saturated, making it necessary to pay to enjoy more space.Something that has changed thanks to the service Google Photos
It is an Internet or cloud storage service that offers a different mechanism than others such as Dropbox or OneDrive And the main difference is that it can be used without any kind of limit, saving photos and videos up to the infinite, and without spending a single euro for it Of course, as long as you are willing to reduce slightly(almost imperceptibly) the quality of images and videos.
Click the video below to discover how to back up photos and videos with Google Photos
Thus, Google Photos has two service models: one completely free and unlimited in terms of space. The only requirement is that the photos have not been taken with a camera that exceeds 16 megapixel resolution, or that the videos exceed 1080 pixels (FullHD). In that case Google will apply a quality reduction which can reduce up to almost half in some cases the space occupied by these files. However, the impact on photo quality is minimal Something only the most image purists will notice. For videos in 4K or higher resolutions, they are transformed and saved at Full HD or 1080p quality , something more notorious than in the case of the photos. The other way is to store photos and videos in their original quality, in which case the space occupied is the 15 GB that Google it offers to all its users and that is distributed among Google Drive, Gmail and other of its services A second option designed to save the document in all its quality. Of course, once all the space is covered it is you need to pay to enlarge it or delete other contents.
The operation of the application Google Photos is very simple. In addition, you can configure it to make your backup copies of photos and videos completely automatically, so you don't have to worry about anything. It is available for both Android through Google Play, and for iOS via App Store
Just install it and choose the Google account in which you want to save the contents. The next step allows activate automatic photo upload, with which the application takes care of collecting all the photos from the terminal's general gallery and uploading them to the cloud . On this screen, the user can also choose that this upload is also carried out through mobile data, although this will consume data from the user's Internet rate, It is best to deactivate it and use a connection WiFiAfter that, it is time to choose the mode of service. Or using its free and unlimited offer called High Quality, or the Original option, taking advantage of the space available in said user account Google Finally, a small tutorial with features is shown of the service such as searching for images, making a massive selection with the swipe of a finger, or taking advantage of its extra functions.
This shows the main screen of the application, where the images from the gallery of the terminal are collected in chronological order Here it is possible to perform the pinch gesture to enlarge or reduce them and move comfortably through the gallery. But it is possible that many other mobile photos and videos are left out of this general collection. To ensure that the backup copy collects everything the user wants, just display the lateral menu and click on section Wizard
Here it is possible to click on the section Backup to access its Settings menu and configure details as important as activating this process only when the mobile is connected to the current, charging the battery. Something that will help to ensure that it does not end while the images or videos are uploaded. In addition, in the section Select the folders for the Backup, the user can choose which albums to save in the cloud, being able to add others to the gallery itself, such as the folder of Screenshots or screenshots, the folder of WhatsApp images and videos, the folder with the contents of Instagram, or any other album where the user has images and videos.
Thus, and completely automatically, the user saves all the photos and videos of his terminal, being able to access them in case of theft, loss or breakage of the mobile from a computer or any other device with the application Google Photos
Another option is to make a backup manually If you only want to save certain photos or videos, you can disable automatic loading and access the terminal's gallery or reel. Here you only have to select the albums or specific photos and videos and share them with the option Upload to Photos In this way, only these contents are stored directly in Google Photos
As an extra point, it is worth mentioning that Google Photos is capable of creating collages, animations and compositions several with these images and videos automatically, being the user who decides whether to finally save these contents in the gallery. It also has useful functions to search when entering terms such as “dog”, “sky”, “landscape”, etc., without having to previously tag and one by one the images.Something that makes it really easy to find content in large galleries.
Of course, we must take into account that, once images or videos are stored in Google Photos, if these are removed from the cloud will also disappear from the linked terminals. A notice that the application is responsible for remembering to avoid any problem or error on the part of the user.
