The application of photo storage on the Internet of Google has conquered since it arrived last May. And it has turned out to be a useful tool for creating a backup copy of all the photos and videos of the user without hardly losing quality (the difference is imperceptible) and keeping them in the cloud in case any problem occurs with the mobile. But this service does not stop there and, in addition to offering editing tools for these photos and videos , also improves your user experience with new features such as its tool to free up space or memory within the mobileHere I tell you step by step how to use it.
This is an improvement included in the last update of the application for Android , which is also expected for iOS in the coming weeks. In it there is a new button that allows delete from the mobile all those photos and videos that Google Photos has already copied and keeps safe in its cloud That is, it offers the option to delete all those original contents that remain in the mobile gallery despite the fact that they have been duplicated and saved on the Internet. A redundancy that can be ended to give way to more space for more photos, more applications or whatever the user wants to store.
All you have to do is make sure you have the latest version of Google Photos by downloading it via Google Play Store, or via App Store when available for iPhone and iPad
After that it is possible to find a new section in the menu Settings, which can be accessed by displaying the side menu of the application. In this new section appears the button Recover Storage Space, which refers to the new function included, and which deletes everything repeated from the terminal guiding the user throughout the process.
Thus, when this button is pressed, a new window appears to explain the procedure Something that serves to draw the user's attention and force you to confirm the action before performing it. In this way alerts about the deletion that is going to be made of photos and videos, also informing the space to be released and the number of elements to be destroyed.
If the action is confirmed, Google Photos does the dirty work, making the originals disappear photos and videos that have already been saved to your service. This means being able to access all of them through the app, being able to download them again if you want to have them on hand in the terminal, or consult them through an Internet connection in case you want to keep the mobile with the largest available space.
Of course, do not forget that Google Photos does not save photos and videos in quality original unless the limited space of Google Drive is chosen for storage, where the space is finite or you can pay to expand it. Otherwise (unlimited space), it applies its compression technology to photographs of more than 16 megapixels of resolution (resolution, not size), or toVideos that exceed Full HD qualityA very successful compression technology since the difference with the original is imperceptible
This function to free up space can also be carried out through the service in its web version Again, just access to the menu Settings to find the new button Recover storage space In this case the functionfrees up space on Google Drive by compressing images that are original size and quality saved there.
