You can now transfer images directly from Google Photos to iCloud Photos
Google and Apple have jointly launched a data transfer service that allows users to transfer photos directly from Google Photos to iCloud Photos. The feature is scheduled to be officially rolled out in mid-July 2024.
Data Transfer Initiative members Apple and Google introduce new photo and video transfer tool | Data Transfer Initiative
Instructions on how to transfer data from Google Photos to an external service are provided on the following page.
Copy photos and videos to non-Google services - Google Account Help
At the time of writing, the only options available for data transfer were Flickr , Microsoft OneDrive , and SmugMug . iCloud Photos will be added to these options in the future. The changes will be rolled out from July 10, 2024, when the announcement was made, to 'next week.'
Detailed instructions on how to transfer data from Google Photos to iCloud Photos are available on the following page. Files that can be transferred are 'JPEG, HEIC, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP photo files, and most MP4 and MOV video files,' and photos and video files that cannot be transferred to iCloud Photos will be transferred to iCloud Drive instead.
Transfer copies of your photos and videos to iCloud Photos - Apple Support
The transfer of data between different services was made possible thanks to the efforts of the Data Transfer Project (DTP), an open source initiative that includes Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and X (formerly Twitter).
This time, Google Photos and iCloud Photos are transferring data using DTP's tools. According to Data Transfer Initiative (DTI), which developed DTP, DTI has supported data migration between different online services for many years, but they felt that simply providing a tool to download data was not enough, so they adjusted the tool to transfer data without compromising its integrity. DTI said that the tool used this time is 'the best-in-class product for direct transfer.'
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