Google Photos will not offer free unlimited storage from June 2021; details here

Google's photo sharing and stor service Google Photos will longer offer unlimited free stor to its users for  “high quality” photos starting next year. On Wednesday, company anunced  changes in a blog post, saying in order to “welcome even more of your memories,” it needs to institute a cap.

'We are anuncing a change to our stor policy'

"A remarkable 28 billion new photos and videos are uploed to Photos every week. To welcome even more of your memories and build Google Photos for future, we are anuncing a change to our stor policy," Google said in a tweet. It ded that starting June 1, 2021, new photos and videos uploed in High quality will begin counting towards user's 15GB of Google Account stor.

“We kw this is a big shift and may come as a surprise, so we wanted to let you kw well in vance and give you resources to make this easier,” said Shimrit Ben-Yair, Vice President of Google Photos.

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"Any photos or videos you’ve uploed in High quality before June 1, 2021, will t count toward your 15GB of free stor. This means that photos and videos backed up before June 1, 2021, will still be considered free and exempt from stor limit. You can verify your backup quality at any time in Photos app by going to back up & sync in Settings," Google said.

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Google claims that roughly 80% of Photos users won’t hit ir 15GB cap for about three years after new policy goes into effect. After June 1, 2021, however, you’ll have to consider how to best backup your photos and videos. "As your stor nears 15 GB, we will tify you in app and follow up by email," Google informed. If users want more stor, y will have to pay monthly for a Google One subscription, which starts at Rs 130 per month (Rs 1,300 per year) for 100GB.

Google also said it will offer a new free tool next summer that will help Photos app users easily man ir alrey backed up media. "To understand how this impacts you, you can see a personalized estimate for how long your stor may last. This estimate takes into account how frequently you back up photos, videos and or content to your Google Account. This tool will help you review memories you want to keep while also surfacing shots you might prefer to delete, like dark or blurry photos or large videos," company said.

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