Google Photos is the search giant’s cloud storage service focused only on images. Fotos is also available on the iPhone (iOS), offering a service similar to Apple’s iCloud. However, Google’s solution offers some advantages over the option created by the apple company.
Need good reasons to switch from Apple to Photos? Below, the dnetc gathered five reasons to use Google’s service on your iPhone or iPad. Among them are unlimited space and automatic albums.
See five reasons to use Google Photos on the iPhone – Photo: Ana Marques / dnetc
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1. Unlimited storage
One of the main advantages of Google Photos over other clouds is that it offers unlimited storage for photos. This means that the user does not have to worry about deleting photos to save space.
However, it is important to note that, for this, Google slightly reduces the size of the photos, but nothing that affects the quality of the image. At least not for most people. Only photographers and other audiovisual professionals should be aware of this detail.
Traveling is always good, but not everyone has the patience to organize the hundreds of photos we take with our cell phones in an album. When using Google Photos, we don’t have to worry about that. He knows when you travel and gathers the best photos in an album dedicated only to that tour.
Google Photos on iPhone also makes collages, animations and videos with soundtrack – Photo: Ana Marques / dnetc
In addition to creating personalized albums automatically, the service also makes collages, animations and even well-edited videos with a soundtrack. All of this helps the user to organize their collection of photos and videos.
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Although Google Photos storage is unlimited, that of your phone is not. Thus, it is normal for your device to have a full memory after some time. Fortunately, the Google Photos iOS app has a function to delete photos from your phone, but keep them saved in the cloud. See how to use «Free Space» in our tutorial.
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4. Synchronization with non-Apple device
As it is a Google service, it is natural that the Google Photos application works on several platforms. That way, you are not limited to accessing your images only on the iPhone. You can also view them on Android phones and tablets and even on PC browsers, since the service has a very efficient web interface.
5. Suggestions for sharing
According to Google, the “Sharing Suggestions” function will arrive for all users in a few weeks. Now using Google Photos also means getting ready to have the Artificial Intelligence revolutions in the future. This feature will use AI to suggest which photos you should share on social media.
Google Photos has unlimited storage – Photo: Ana Marques / dnetc
And even more room for other types of backup
Unlike Photos, iCloud is responsible for saving images and also backups of all your data, such as applications and music. Apple’s service offers 5 GB for free, which may be little for a portion of users.
By adopting Google Photos, however, you can disable photo backup on iCloud, leaving more space for other types of files. To do this, open the iPhone / iPad settings, search for “Photos and Camera” and then turn off the “iCloud Photo Library” option.
Disabling iCloud photo storage – Photo: Felipe Alencar / dnetc
Now your photos will no longer be saved in the Apple cloud, only in Google Photos.
