Google Photos: Save a Lot of Cloud Storage with This Option
The backup feature of Google Photos is practical. However, your cloud storage can fill up faster than you might like. A trick can help you keep your images and videos while still saving storage.
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The backup feature of Google Photos is practical. However, your cloud storage can fill up faster than you might like. A trick can help you keep your images and videos while still saving storage.
If you enjoy taking photos and recording videos with your smartphone, you probably also want to ensure that these memories are preserved long-term. To make this possible even after a device change or an involuntary exchange, cloud storage functions are ideal. This is exactly what Google Photos offers. You can set it up so that every video and image is not only stored on your smartphone but also backed up in the cloud.
The feature in Google Photos is extremely practical. Once set up, you don’t have to worry about backing up your images. The problem: Depending on your smartphone model, storage can fill up quickly. This is especially true if you’re not paying extra for Google’s cloud storage and are limited to just 15 gigabytes. Usually, you’ll hit that limit after just a few hundred images.
Save Cloud Storage in Google Photos
However, with a single setting, you can conserve Google Photos cloud storage without losing your images and videos, as reported by Android Police. The issue is that Google Photos uploads videos and images uncompressed to the cloud. Modern smartphones with high-resolution camera sensors often take pictures that can be as large as 50 megabytes. While this is great for printing or editing later, it can be a hassle for storage.
But Google Photos offers an option to automatically compress files during upload. This feature is aptly named “Save Storage Space.” It reduces photos to 16 megapixels and videos to HD resolution to lower storage consumption. Google emphasizes that the images are still suitable for making prints up to 60 x 40 centimeters without any issues.
To activate the function, open Google Photos and tap on your profile picture in the upper right corner. This will take you to the settings, where you can access “Photos Settings” at the bottom. Then tap on “Backup” and scroll down to “Quality of Photos and Videos” to finally enable compression.
Of course, there will be some photos and videos that you don’t want to save using this method, especially if you want them to be presented in high quality later. If you’re unsure about storing files only on your smartphone, you might consider other services like OneDrive or a European cloud alternative. These often also offer free accounts with some available storage. Since you would only store selected files there, your storage won’t fill up as quickly as it would with an automatic backup function.
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