Google Photos Vs Google Drive 2020
Add photos videos from google drive to google photos.
Google photos vs google drive 2020. All you need is a google account which you can make for free if you don t already have one. We ve got your backup back up unlimited photos and videos for free up to 16mp and 1080p hd. If google photos is installed on your device it will immediately show the pictures and videos captured from the phone camera. And the first time you run the mobile app it will also help you back up any existing images and videos you might have on your phone.
Just like onedrive it behaves like a folder on your computer and all data is synced with google drive online. We re making this change to simplify how things work between the two services. Any images taken with your phone can automatically be backed up to google photos. Starting july 10 2019 google photos and google drive will no longer automatically sync.
You can do the same thing with google drive via an app google calls backup and sync. That s one of the most generous cloud storage plans available even if storage is shared between google drive google photos google calendar and gmail. You can add photos and videos from google drive on a computer. Google photos is a photo gallery app on steroids and google drive is a cloud storage and backup service for files like pdf zip and photos and videos.
You can get 1tb of google drive storage for 9 99 the same price as dropbox plus. Your first 15 gb of storage are free with a google account. Find and select your photos. Google photos on the other hand allows you to back up unlimited numbers of photos at no extra cost.
When you upload or delete photos in google drive or google photos changes won t reflect in the other product. At the top right click upload google drive. Free cloud storage for personal use safely store and share your photos videos files and more in the cloud.