Meanwhile, backing up the photos to Google Drive gives you more of a file tree view of your photos. Live Albums allow you to sort your photos by person, place, or even pets automatically as you add them.

Another powerful feature that Google Photos offers is called Live Albums. You can also edit photos directly in the app. You can also search them by context, like searching for photos of your dog or your car. Google Photos offers the advantage of displaying your photos in the interface, making it easier to show them to others on your device. They'll be available on all of your devices, as long as you have an internet connection. Chances are, that base amount isn't going to cut it for your back up and you'll need to upgrade to a paid Google One plan to increase storage.īut where should you upload your pictures and videos, Photos or Drive? Both cloud services will protect your photos in the cloud. Now that Google has unified its free 15GB associated with your Google account, Photos is included in that limit.

We don't recommend saving your files to both because it makes no sense to have two copies of your data occupying twice the amount of space. For example, if your computer becomes damaged or disabled, you'll have your photos and images still in Google's excellent cloud storage. There are a lot of reasons why you'll want to back up your photos.

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