In this section, you'll also see how much storage you have left and an estimate of how long that'll last you based on your recent backups.

This is a quick way to weed out all of those accidental snaps you took either side of your money shots and free up some space. In here, hit 'manage storage' and you should see new see new sections including 'blurry photos'. And Google Photos has introduced a new tool to help you do just that – to find it, tap your account icon in the top right-hand corner of the app (when you're on the 'Library' tab), then tap 'account storage'. Still, that doesn't mean it isn't a good idea to knock your Google Photos account into shape to make sure you don't hit that 15GB limit soon. Also, if you happen to have a Pixel phone, you'll continue to receive free Google Photos storage for various file types, depending on which model you have. In short, there's no need to panic – any 'high quality' photos or videos you uploaded before June 1 won't count towards your free Google Photos storage, and you still get 15GB of free storage with your Google account. Today's big change is that Google Photos is no longer offering unlimited storage for 'high quality' files.īut what does that mean and what should you do about it? That depends on your current Google Photos setup and how you use the service, but we've rounded up all of your options below – including the possibility of switching your backups to an alternative service.

This differs from 'original quality', which uses no compression. When you upload photos with this option turned on, Google Photos compresses them to a maximum file size of 16MP. In Google Photos, 'high quality' is the confusing name for its compressed upload option.

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