Google Photos syncs your photos across devices, but syncing isn’t backup.

Like most people, I've been on the Google Photos bandwagon for years now. Photos of trips, birthdays, receipts, and random food snaps have all been backed up to Google Photos. Initially, it was free ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Monckton covers photography, imaging and generative AI Google Photos is testing a new feature to automatically back up only ...

Original article, July 30, 2025 (05:16 AM ET): Google Photos is a great photo editing and media management app. I have a Google One subscription, so I turn on Google Photos cloud backup on all my ...

Google on Wednesday announced 10 new Google Photos features to celebrate the app's tenth anniversary, including several new AI tools to help you edit photos and manage your gallery more easily. Google ...

Google Photos backs up RAW images alongside JPGs, which takes a lot of cloud storage. Earlier this year we found evidence for a new system that would store RAW images separately and not back them up.

Google's cloud photo storage solution, the aptly named Google Photos, has been a massive success for the tech giant since it launched a decade ago. In an era where almost everyone has a camera in ...

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The Android factory reset screen explicitly lists "Photos" as data that will be permanently erased. Do not press this button until you verify your backup online. Google’s “hidden” deletion. Google ...

Growing megapixel counts and social media frenzy have pushed modern smartphone releases to ship with higher-tier storage versions. Gone are the days when a 32GB or 64GB storage option could make ends ...