Do you wish Google Photos had a few more features, like an easier way to manage your photos and cloud storage? If so, we have good news. This week, we learned that Google is working on a new feature that will let you better choose which content backs up to the cloud, helping you free up that important cloud storage space.
Google Photos is one of the company’s most popular apps, and millions use it daily to back up their photos and videos. This year, Google has made many changes to Photos, such as abig UI revamp in Mayand addednew AI toolsthis summer.
Now, a new feature in the works will allow you to back up only your “favorite” photos and videos, and I love the idea.
As many of you know, we don’t have too many options when it comes to choosing what Google Photos stores on the cloud. You can upload in full-size quality, which obviously takes up way more space, or the app can save all your photos and videos at a lower resolution to save space. Selecting the option to back up everything isn’t ideal, especially for those who don’t pay for a ton of Google One storage space.
And remember, Google Photosno longer offers unlimited storagefor low-resolution images, which ended in 2020-2021. These days, most people are either out of space or paying for extra. This new feature could help slow down how fast you burn through your storage limit.
Spotted byAndroid Authority, Google may have a neat new way to only save the best photos. The latest Google Photos v7.39 app has code that suggests a new feature is coming that’ll give you an option to only back up “favorite” photos and videos.
Once enabled, all those photos or videos you’ve “liked” or tapped the little heart-shaped favorite button will automatically back up to your Google Photos cloud. Then, everything else that’s nice to have but not super important will remain on your device. The idea here is to only save the best photos and videos from your phone to the cloud, using less of your precious cloud storage space simultaneously.
By being able to turn on backups of my favorite items, Google Photos won’t save the 10 photos I took before getting the one I wanted. Instead, it’ll only save the one I liked.
I don’t know about you guys, but myGoogle Photos storage situationisn’t looking very good. With all these upgraded phone cameras, 4K video, and fancy AI tools, people will be running out of space faster than ever. Mine’s alsofull of screenshots, which isn’t ideal.
It’s worth noting that this feature isn’t available in Google Photos yet, but there’s a good chance (but not a guarantee) it will appear in a future app update. Now let’s just hope it’s not a Pixel-exclusive.
