'Google Photos' that can save photos & videos for free & unlimited will be limited to 15GB after June 2021
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Updating Google Photos' storage policy to build for the future
https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-changes/
An update to storage policies across your Google Account
https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-policy-update/
'We launched Google Photos more than five years ago with the mission of becoming a'home of memories'. Google Photos is a photo and video,' said Simlit Ben Yale, vice president of development for Google Photos. It started out as an app to manage, but now it's evolved into a place to look back on meaningful moments in life. Today, Google Photos uploads 28 billion new photos and videos every week, many. Because people rely on Google Photos to store their daily memories, Google Photos should not only be a great product, but one that can meet the needs of its users over the long term. More and more in the future. In order to build a new Google Photos so that users' memories can be stored, we will change the policy of storage that can be stored unlimitedly, 'he said, revealing that he will set a limit on the storage capacity that can be used for free.
After June 1, 2021, newly uploaded photos and videos can only be saved for '15GB', which is the free storage capacity attached to your Google account. The free storage capacity of 15GB that comes with all Google accounts will be shared with Google Drive, Gmail, Google Photos, etc. If you want to increase the available storage capacity, you need to upgrade to Google One, and you can use 100GB for 250 yen per month, 200GB for 380 yen per month, and 2TB for 1300 yen per month.
'Photos with a maximum resolution of 16 megapixels or less and 1080p videos' uploaded to Google Photos before June 1, 2021 can still be saved with unlimited capacity, even after June 1st. It is not included in the storage count. If you have already uploaded a photo with a maximum resolution of 16 megapixels or less or a 1080p video to Google Photos at the time of article creation, you cannot save it unlimitedly, and 15GB for free users. You can only save up to.
In addition, users of the Pixel series, which are genuine Google smartphones, are not subject to these restrictions, and can continue to save unlimited photos and videos on Google Photos after 2021.
In addition, Google wrote, 'Even if 80% or more users have a limit of 15 GB, they should be able to continue uploading photos and videos for about 3 years without any inconvenience,' some heavy users said. Other than that, there is no big impact. In addition, we also publish a
In addition, Google also stated that in June 2021 it will release a tool that will make it easier to manage the data saved in Google Photos, and this tool will list and summarize, for example, 'blurred photos'. It will be possible to delete it.
In addition, when changing the policy regarding free storage, Google can delete the data stored on either Google Drive or Google Photos service if it has been inactive for 2 years or more. It is said that there is sex. However, it also notifies the user multiple times before deleting the content.
・ Addition 2020/11/12 11:25
A notice regarding changes to the storage policy of Google accounts has also been posted on the Google Japan Blog .
Google Japan Blog: About changing the storage policy of Google account
https://japan.googleblog.com/2020/11/storage-policies-update.html
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