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App name
Google Photos
Description
Google Photos is a smarter home for all your photos and videos, made for the way you take photos today.
“The best photo product on Earth” – The Verge
“Google Photos is your new essential picture app” – Wired
“Upload the pictures, and let Google Photos do the rest” – The New York Times
• FREE UP SPACE: Never worry about running out of space on your phone again. Photos that are safely backed up can be removed from your device’s storage in just a tap.
• VISUAL SEARCH: Your photos are now searchable by the people, places and things in them—no tagging required.
• SMARTER SHARING: With smart sharing suggestions, giving your friends the photos you took of them is painless. And they can add their photos, too, so you’ll finally get the photos you’re actually in.
• MOVIES AND GIFS, MADE FOR YOU: Get automatically created movies, collages, GIFs, and more from your photos. Or easily create them yourself.
• ADVANCED EDITING: Transform photos with a tap. Use intuitive and powerful photo and video editing tools to apply content-aware filters, adjust lighting, and more.
• SMART AUTOMATIC ALBUMS: Tell better stories, without the work. Automatically get a new album with just your best shots after an event or trip, then invite others to add their photos.
• LIVE ALBUMS: Share your latest photos with Live Albums. Select the people and pets you want to see and Google Photos will automatically add photos of them as you take them, no manual updates needed.
• SHARED LIBRARIES: Share without sharing. Grant a trusted person access to all of your photos.
• REDISCOVER: Get collages of photos you took a year ago on this day – perfect for #tbt.
• GOOGLE LENS: Search what you see. This preview enables you to identify text and objects in your photos to learn more and take action.
• ON YOUR TV: View your photos and videos on your TV with Chromecast and Airplay support.
• FREE STORAGE: Back up unlimited photos and videos for free for up to 16 megapixels and 1080p HD and access them from any device and photos.google.com—your photos are safe, secure, and private to you.
You can also upgrade storage for your Google Account, used for Original Quality photos and videos, Google Drive and Gmail by subscribing to Google One, an expanded storage plan. Subscriptions start at $1.99/month for 100 GB in the US. Pricing and availability can vary by region.
Storage subscriptions purchased in-app will be charged to your iTunes Account, and automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to iTunes Account Settings after purchase.
Google Privacy Policy: https://google.com/intl/en_US/policies/privacy
Google One Terms of Service: https://one.google.com/terms-of-service
Note: Face grouping is not available in all countries.
For the latest updates from the team, follow us on Twitter at @googlephotos
Using GPS in the background can decrease battery life. Google Photos doesn't run GPS in the background unless you turn on optional features.
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Reviews
Good back up
by Floridafinestt on 2020/06/03 22:29
Perfect for all photos on all devices
Better than apple photos!
by BenjaminLloyd on 2020/06/03 22:16
And it removes a TON of storage-eating files from your hard drive.
Best photo app!
by take pics on 2020/06/03 22:09
Best photo app!
Does what I need it to do...
by CinnamonButterflyGirl on 2020/06/03 22:07
... very well 👍🏼
Well done
by Manymore13 on 2020/06/03 21:49
I really enjoy the app and the features.
Great photos
by jaro fb on 2020/06/03 21:47
Great app, it backs up and has every feature apple photos has, and it works on windows,
So for people with iPhones and windows computers, this is great!
Best!
by Julie708 on 2020/06/03 21:31
Confident my photos are backed up and stored safely
My review
by ass boiii on 2020/06/03 21:12
It’s alright
A step up from Apple
by Leeshann on 2020/06/03 21:03
I hate rotating photos so thanks. Adding the option for Geo tags is perfect
Love it
by MikesTablet on 2020/06/03 20:36
Makes it easy to share photos across my devices and with people.
Yes!
by Cele1982 on 2020/06/03 20:31
Love google fotos!
Delka49
by delka49 on 2020/06/03 20:29
👍
So easy
by Lance700 on 2020/06/03 20:08
Wish I could purchase more storage to save higher resolution and more video. Otherwise very helpful and easy storage
Super convenient and easy to use
by Lrp312 on 2020/06/03 19:57
The app itself works the same as an iCloud digital library with even more options to edit/modify your photos.
Excellent photo app
by LilDeadRottingHood on 2020/06/03 19:46
Love this as I love all google items.
This app is trash
by Ginger&I816 on 2020/06/03 19:32
This app is constantly glitches and it uses up my battery 🔋 every time I try to use it. It never uploads in the background and yet it manages to use up my battery in the background.
Best Thing Ever For Me
by Honeykyna02 on 2020/06/03 19:13
Love It. Saves So Much Storage! Basically Unlimited. 👍🏽☺️
Laurie
by Lauri5102 on 2020/06/03 18:59
Love how I can make a photo album out of pics from dif years!
Google Photos
by jayling71 on 2020/06/03 18:51
I think this is the best photo app. There is no loss of photos✅👏🏾
Google photos
by SavannaJeanX3 on 2020/06/03 18:49
Helps with storage and gives great ideas for your photos
Love it
by freshknight on 2020/06/03 18:13
It’s so nice to have all of my photos easily accessible in chronological order and saved somewhere secure with good storage so that no matter what happens to my phone or camera, I won’t lose these memories.
The option to create albums, edit pictures, and search with fave recognition is also incredibly convenient. I will use this app forever!
takes forever
by #FRECKLESgamer on 2020/06/03 17:55
i’ve been trying to upload my photos and videos for about two days now. the videos take about 10 minutes each which seems a little ridiculous. also, it says they upload and i only have like 500 more items, but then it will jump back up to 700.
The best
by el guapo' on 2020/06/03 17:50
I have never had a better photo storage app then this one
Hostage
by AusTexCS3 on 2020/06/03 17:42
I hate that Google Photos won’t play nice with other platforms and holds my photos hostage.
Help
by waeqtsge on 2020/06/03 17:30
I need help navigating this
Love the options to share and order books
by LaineyBluebird on 2020/06/03 17:12
Love it
Really good
by jrm4224 on 2020/06/03 16:59
It backs up my photos quickly 👍🏼
Awesome
by too old for snap chat on 2020/06/03 16:32
Really enjoy the storage and the extras.
Backup too slow
by Wafa2 on 2020/06/03 16:30
Every time an update is announced it talks about making backup faster but for many years the backup process remained to be the most daunting problem of this application, it is just too too slow with no solution in sight.
Google Photos Is The BEST
by Resilience2020 on 2020/06/03 16:25
Google Photos Is The BEST
La para de las apps para fotos xd
by ronaldlaparaklk on 2020/06/03 16:17
Muy dura la app. La para. Sobretodo para tener un backup de tus fotos y videos. Además de que son súper fáciles de encontrar cualquier foto que estés buscando escribiendo en el search bar algo de la foto como la fecha o “screenshots” tu nombre etc..
Great app
by afgvbyfcnjyfdwy on 2020/06/03 16:11
Manages all photos and docs soo well!!!
Excellent Way To Share Photos and Movies!
by Skater05 on 2020/06/03 16:10
Google photos is the easiest way to share photos and even movies with family and friends. There is no need to download as everything is available to share with simple instructions. You choose what you want to share and the recipient can save to his/her library. Show off your photos from your phone or miracast to your tv for a bigger screen.
Besides storing photos and movies, Google photos also has tools for editing photos and creating movies! The free cloud storage is fairly large and the subscription price is very reasonable for additional storage.
Great app
by LanaKela13 on 2020/06/03 16:03
Awesome set up. Love that is gives suggestions or tips to keep everything organized
ty
by stock1378 on 2020/06/03 15:53
saved my ass so many times
My review
by mormen fam on 2020/06/03 15:51
Very good!!!!!
Greatest
by Best Memories on 2020/06/03 15:43
I love my google photos it always surprises me with the cutest videos and music and brings tears to my eyes with memories
#ImLovinIt
by @t3nn3ss33bby on 2020/06/03 15:41
As McDoald’s would say #ImLovinIt #bestappoutthere @t3nn3ss33bby
Google photos is great!
by PamJeffries on 2020/06/03 15:21
Love this app. It’s amazingly easy to use & offers unlimited space for your pictures.
Photo
by Keytags on 2020/06/03 15:15
I’m very satisfied with this app.
It’s great!
by Cnj4949 on 2020/06/03 15:08
Wish there was a way to remove duplicate images. I know I have many duplicates but it’s very time consuming looking thru thousands of images. Other than that I absolutely love it!
Great way to keep up with all your pictures
by kay.nicol on 2020/06/03 14:57
Love google photos I’ve currently switched to an iPhone and still use google photos😊
Love this app!!
by AmyBeezy on 2020/06/03 14:50
I really love this app!! It’s the best!! I appreciate all of photos being saved and backed up!! Also it’s super easy to share your photos with your loved ones!! I can’t say enough about how great this app is 🖤🖤🖤
Great
by ============================= on 2020/06/03 14:46
Great
Taoliver
by taoliver on 2020/06/03 14:41
Nice
Recommend!
by abscurr on 2020/06/03 14:10
Great app. Keeps things organized.
Free and awesome
by mikebizz on 2020/06/03 14:09
Saved all my photo
Love the app
by df4648 on 2020/06/03 13:11
Allows me and my wife to share a library however doesn’t always allow me to discard pictures across all devices when I delete out of google pictures.
very good.
by fgfcgfgghfyhdrhjvffuhh on 2020/06/03 13:10
it needs to stop saying how it uploaded a new picture. i keep seeing new little red dots that have the number “one” or “two”. everything else has done a really good job at what it’s supposed to do.
Google Photos
by URaButterfly on 2020/06/03 12:58
Great app. Very pleased with ease of use. Backs up photos quickly and easily. Love that I can view what happened a year ago or 3 years ago on the same day.
Improve
by زيزو305 on 2020/06/03 12:11
It needs more improvement in showing the memories
Best App
by NvstyB0y on 2020/06/03 11:33
I couldn’t ask for a better companion
Good
by Ali wineer on 2020/06/03 10:56
Great app
Best ever for cloud photos
by ChinnuMinku on 2020/06/03 10:51
Great features and unlimited storage
Free, Confusing, Photo App w Limited Sharing
by Grindawit on 2020/06/03 10:50
+ + Great place to store photos for Free, when reduced in quality.
+ + Easy to backup all your device photos in 1 place automatically.
- - Slow sync, sometimes next day to see pic sync to cloud.
- - Main issue is that it is super confusing, complicated, and restrictive when trying to share on social. *best used as storage since menu is limited.
- - - Example: Linkedin only shows up sometimes as a social sharing option when sharing pics frim iphone
Looking forward to upgrades. Supporting your growth and change.
Is Openseed a work around?
Photos dont give option for OS even with it installed on iphone
Len’s Photos
by MustangmanLen1972 on 2020/06/03 09:04
Fantastic Pictures And Making Them Live!!!! And Making Movies Out Of My Photos, All Awesome
Betterdayz
by deeze503 on 2020/06/03 08:26
Garza Family
Good job Google!
by ICDST2018 on 2020/06/03 08:19
Now, help me stay safe by notifying me when I come close to criminals that have been released, sex offenders... etc
Love it
by victoria71588 on 2020/06/03 08:07
I love this app it saves all my photos
Photo
by dargibson46 on 2020/06/03 08:00
Love google photos
by hgfghgccchii on 2020/06/03 07:53
Great
Descárgala
by La mejor calidad on 2020/06/03 07:16
Esta bien wey si lo la descargas, esta madre es gratis y esta genial porque te edita las fotos y te hace pelucos e historias chingonas 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Awesome apps
by owwh on 2020/06/03 06:40
Just the way I like it!
Google Photos
by Askuksia on 2020/06/03 06:35
Great app. Great features. Organising to Albums & importing shared albums can be better. Also, searching for stylized photos, videos, collages is rather unfriendly.
Best
by ddvs19 on 2020/06/03 05:12
Only best
Keeps all my photos and doesn’t take up too much storage
by amgrat on 2020/06/03 05:05
I love it the only thing I hate is that it takes forever to backup images and videos. Sometimes hours
Amazing Storage!
by 3kids&aMama on 2020/06/03 04:28
I love this app! I have had it for almost 5 years now and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! I love having the ability to look back and create movies from my own photos and share them with family!
Best of all the free photo apps
by Tennessee Tunes on 2020/06/03 04:05
Google has really nailed it with this app, it beats Apple‘s iCloud photos and Amazon photos hands-down.
Love it
by saiiii23 on 2020/06/03 04:03
Awesome App
J127845
by j127845 on 2020/06/03 03:40
Great!
SUPER USEFUL!!
by banechA on 2020/06/03 03:37
this app is very useful when u don’t have storage on iCloud it all backs up to here.
Google photos
by Puppy milo 123479 on 2020/06/03 03:35
Its a great app all my photos are backed up and secured
Photos
by bashirkhan on 2020/06/03 03:12
I live this app
Excellent App
by Mark Marietta on 2020/06/03 03:11
I don’t understand it but I like it.
Why don't you have this app yet?
by magqen on 2020/06/03 02:35
Perfect app for picture storage, especially if you're a picture hoarder like me. Love it.
Lol. The statement above is a review of google photo by google. It was already written when I clicked to rate the app.
Anyway, great app for backing up your pictures without having to worry about or pay for storage space. Would recommend.
So easy even grandma can use it
by Nixster82 on 2020/06/03 02:27
Great app. Facial recognition is spot on. Syncing is easy.
I love it😍😍😍😍
by Lady. Tee75 on 2020/06/03 02:21
Has been holding photos of mine for yrs! I will always have it!
Thank you
by El viejo borja on 2020/06/03 02:01
It is good to have you around!!
Yesss
by Aleida421 on 2020/06/03 01:58
I love this app. It really helps me clear storage and the backups don’t take a while unless you have a ton of photos. This is great 😊
Love it
by Ri0106 on 2020/06/03 01:47
Love it. Use it instead of paying for air cloud storage
google photos
by Pozz26 on 2020/06/03 01:31
Fun, fun, fun & a bit magic, as well!
The Best
by Nativegirl2 on 2020/06/03 01:25
I love I can pull them up on any computer!!!
Buena calidad
by bgcxdd on 2020/06/03 01:19
Me gusta
Part of my life now
by CashFan on 2020/06/03 00:36
What did I do before GP?! So easy to sync across all my Google ecosystem.
Good app
by HaDiny on 2020/06/03 00:26
Thank you for your app
Great but
by CygnusTheDuck on 2020/06/03 00:13
More privacy notifications.
LOVE GOOGLE PHOTOS
by MJR in CF on 2020/06/02 23:50
FANTASTIC APP, LOVE THE AUTOMATIC BACKUP, LOVE THE AUTOMATED COLLAGES THAT ARE PRODUCED AND I PARTICULARLY LOVE THE LOOK BACK FEATURE WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO REDISCOVER A DATE FROM THE PAST IN PHOTOS - MY FRIENDS ARE ALWAYS AMAZED WHEN I SHARE A COLLAGE OR A PHOTO FROM YEARS GONE PAST AND I’M ABLE TO PINPOINT THE DATE AND THE YEAR. FANTASTIC FUN. FANTASTIC APP!!
Suggestions
by CeeRrrBee on 2020/06/02 23:31
I love the face recognition even though it isn’t always correct.
I also like how it will suddenly surprise me and show some old photos.
I would like to be able to see all duplicates of a photo even if it has been edited.
Also, if I type in “horse” it would show all horses, etc.
Thanks
Convenient
by Keyslo on 2020/06/02 23:30
So convenient! Switching phones and was having trouble with backing up/iCloud. This was a lifesaver in saving all my pictures. Still use to keep storage in new phone open.
Crashes
by rondonunbanine on 2020/06/02 22:59
Great app currently i have no clue what’s happening but whenever i go to open the app it instantly crashes i dont even get to see my photos tried deleting and reinstalling doesnt help! Fix app asap!!
Google Photos is great!
by Nanafor7 on 2020/06/02 22:37
Google photos puts all my photos on every device.
Espectacular
by feo a madres on 2020/06/02 22:36
Es espectacular la aplicación la recomiendo
by Justine's Apple on 2020/06/02 21:41
Great google. Nice way of keeping photos.
I also like when you show places of a special save and able to make a movie and sent it to friends
Best App Ever
by FelicityH81 on 2020/06/02 21:33
Great place to store and still have my pics on my phone
Part of my life!
by Talismandan on 2020/06/02 21:33
I automatically back up to google using this app and I love everything that pops up in the “for you” section! Then and now photos, enhancements, effects, on this day (awesome reminder of your history in photos, and much more). I’m enjoying it tremendously! :)
Good App
by Namdhari Sports on 2020/06/02 21:16
Good app actually the best app to backup your memories. Thanks Google
best photo storage app
by eleganteliza on 2020/06/02 20:54
Couldn’t live without this. If my phone was ever lost, I would have all of my memories and it backs up very quickly. Essential
Úsala
by ALANKAZU on 2020/06/02 20:51
Sacale provecho es la mejor y fácil de usar
Library
by mallouke on 2020/06/02 20:27
Love it so much easier to surf the photos
Google for yourself!!
by K0achKC on 2020/02/06 11:18
I know most people use their smart phone’s camera to capture special moments & memories with loved ones and friends...which is great! And although, a significant 20-30% of my photo albums are as quintessential as ever...However the actual vast MAJORITY of my 256GB iPhone’s photo app memory is stock piled of screenshots I took freeze framing artistic gymnastics...as a full time gymnastics coach, I video my team girls doing skills everyday; so they can then go back and visually take in my corrections...screenshot-omg the freeze frames though have offered additional attention to certain problematic areas in their skill development and made my job a million times easier!! In addition to this freeze factor I’m able to while live feed is happening, and I have phone set to auto upload all photos to google daily, into google photos. I began google photos back before upgrading my phone to the maximum memory capability to use as free extra storage space. What I didn’t know know was what a gem I was creating over the years that was self-developing it’s own locating mechanisms as well! I use the google photos “search” bar AT LEAST 30 times a day and it works PERFECTLY. So not only does google photos store your photos in case we are left here without our apple devices in our own electronic dystopia...it ALSO HELPS YOU FIND THE PHOTO YOURE LOOKING FOR just by entering in information captured in the picture!! I AM OBSESSED❤️
Stores my photos as long as they are not 4K
by Auric Nova on 2018/05/29 00:51
It’s a bit confusing but what they are storing for me is pretty adequate for my needs. It would be nice to know I was storing the original quality but I don’t need another monthly bill besides Google Drive. It’s awesome the way they rotate some of the photos for you or give you that option. I wish they would do more in terms of the facial recognition so that you can correctly date some of your photographs were the dates were stripped in the uploading process which for me was a bit of a hellish experience because it crashed while uploading. I got past all that and everything I own is in my Google library I just don’t have them sorted properly. I’m hoping this will be done automatically in the future using the facial recognition technology otherwise I have to spend years fixing my library.
Another suggestion would be if they would show you your duplicates which are close to exact duplicates so that you can delete them on your own. Sometimes it appears to be refusing duplicates but it’s hard to tell exactly what Google is doing behind the scenes occasionally I’ll see a duplicate missing other times I find odd photos in my trash. It would be nice to know exactly what’s happening with them folders. Those are all my suggestions and why I don’t have five stars I appreciate the free storage in the meantime hoping I won’t have to go with higher quality photos in the future.
Best thing ever!
by Candle1986 on 2019/11/30 07:12
I’ve had ALL of my photos and videos from the last 10 years saved ONLY on my computer up until I discovered Google Photos. I can’t even tell you how stressful it is having all of your memories, from my wedding photos... to my kid’s entire childhoods..everything from birth to current day - all reliant on a device that is over a decade old. I swear I have nightmares about my computer malfunctioning and losing every last record of these memories disappearing for good. I have found such relief in knowing that everything I cherish from my past is now safe and easily accessible with Google Photos!
The feeling of security is priceless, (and free), but that’s just the beginning. Google Photos recognizes faces and is able to search for specific people throughout the many years. It knows my children’s ever changing faces from birth to now, which is amazing.. it puts together memories to look back on of this date from past years and has a super easy to use search system. I can search for events like “Christmas” or “Easter” and have every photo stored of those holidays from past years at my fingertips. For my Mom’s birthday I was able to put together a photo book by searching for photos containing - my Mom, my Mom and myself, my Mom and my kids.. This thing is a wizard!
No flexibility
by StaceyT6 on 2019/12/25 14:05
Google photos is an all or nothing app. Either it backs up all your photos, every single one, or none at all. Sometimes I use a screen shot as a quick reference for a few minutes then delete it from my phone, but then it’s still in the google account. It’s extremely frustrating to go back delete them from google, especially because that too is difficult to do. There’s no easy way to scroll through and delete quickly. You either have to view them from a small thumbnail and hope you’re not deleting something important or take a long time looking at each one and having to click multiple times to delete 1 photo.
I am trying to free up space on my phone so deleting photos is supposed to be the easy choice since I have them backed up to google. However it either gives me option to delete ALL of the photos off my phone or none at all. There are still plenty of pictures I would like to keep sorted in the folders I created on my phone for quick reference.
I’ve heard the argument “well they’re still on your phone you just have to open google photos instead of your regular photos.” This is of no use if you are somewhere with spotty or no internet connection. The app is not user friendly, the interface is not clean, and the way it sorts photos is of no real use to me. There should be extensive settings where I can toggle on and off different combinations of options.
Hands down best app for keeping & sharing life's most memorable moments
by MeghaMillie on 2017/10/03 03:13
Hands down, The best app for safe-keeping & family sharing of life's most memorable moments. Super easy to navigate all of the features like saving the all of the important details, like location, time & date, and captions of photos to share with others. As a busy, single mom of 2, this app is a lifesaver for me. I can share my children's milestones with family & friends with such ease so no matter how near or far they are, they can watch my babies as they grow. I have a closet full of craft & scrap book supplies that I have picked up here and there but with juggling my career and my 2 little girls, I feel I never get the chance to actually sit down, go through the pictures & videos, take a stroll down memory lane and bring all of my amazing Pinterest crafts to life. Google Photos has simplified the overwhelming fear of feeling like there's so many important details that I won't remember while scrapbooking my 2 girls. It simplified the task of going through and sorting my pics & videos I've backed up over the years and it's helped me to be able to organize and group memorable moments from their birth so that I can start to put these special books of their most memorable moments together.
Google Photos is the only way to go!
by Angel8606 on 2018/08/15 01:00
It’s the only way to go, if ya ask me! I know, ya ain’t asking, right? Okay, well that’s just fine, because I’m just-a-tellin! What I’m telling is that I love this App, because of so many things I won’t be able to list em all! Totally impossible! But I can share a few reasons why I love it so much! One is because of the option of assistant! When you choose this it gives you an option to save or dismiss the Apps, altered & filtered or maybe, brightened & cropped, or maybe, actually I can keep going but you get the Jist of what I’m sayin, right? You won’t believe the things assistant can do to your pics to make them look better or make them look like a work of art! You just won’t believe your eyes, or that you even took the pic in the first place once you see what all it can and will do! Lol woo-wee! I love this so much! Don’t waste your time with any other App out there claiming to do this or that! This one doesn’t have to claim anything, just open it up and Vola! Lol Art, Beauty, Imagination & I can keep going..... you already know! I’m going to stop here and let you see for yourself! The App speaks for itself! Plus I’ve spoken way to much as it is! Jeesh! Lol Y’all will have a blast and enjoy! I know y’all will! Lol Chow!
Be careful what you upload and store!!
by dmgreenw on 2019/11/21 22:21
Although I love the unlimited storage and ease of album making, sharing, and management there are freaky unexplained things that happen to photos you know were in your collection but suddenly are no where to be found! I mean no where, not in the trash, archive, or backup places that you set any where. Case in point, I took a picture of the back and front of my business Credit card so that I could refer to my account numbers when I needed to while it was in the possession of an employee. I did so many times. When I looked for it today it had just vanished! I was not in the trash, archive, or back up places and I had not done anything with it since I last checked it. I don’t know if I was hacked, Google automatically removes such things, or maybe Google pulled for their own uses as per the Usage agreement we all sign without reading. That was not the first time something mysteriously disappeared from my photo collection yet is was the most vital. You will see that things tend to disappear for no reason and you will think you are going crazy and all Google will say is, “Check your archive, trash, and back up settings.” All these suggestions are no help when something totally disappears for no reason. BEWARE!!!
Ok for folks that take social photos
by 16/50 on 2019/02/19 14:02
First, most of my computers are Apple, and I take a lot of photos with my iPhone. This Google app/ system is ok for users that want to take snapshots to post on social media. As an Engineer and technical craftsman, I can’t discern if there is any way to use it for these purposes. My requirements are for technical photographs showing processes and assemblies mainly to send to publishers (and to publish on-line) illustrations for engineering uses. From what I can determine, is’s not too good for that, although I have never purchased a “For Dummies” book and learned the full capabilities of Google Photos. However, I vastly prefer it over the Apple Photo program that takes control of all content, holds them hostage, and deletes them if you don’t want to play by their rules and pay their fees. I actually purchased a Windows-10 laptop for my phone and camera downloads rather than struggle trying to convert and download my pictures to something a user completely “Apple” can use. I do store my social photos ( family, weddings, and vacations, etc.) on Google Photos, simply because they separate them by date and Google doesn’t mess with them further. And, you can download photos to a thumb drive and take them to a corner drugstore photo printer and gets prints for Granny, something impossible with anything Apple.
I like it, BUT...
by adsitimray on 2017/09/20 13:16
I like Google Photos, but I wish their was an option under the "EDIT" tab, where I could add text or be able to write on the actual photo and be able to pick different colors, fonts, size of fonts and also underline, bold or put the text in italics.
Also, my email is also linked to my son's phone, since I don't want to set him up with his own email account, until he gets a little bit older, that means that the Google Photo app is also linked to his phone, since he takes photos too. It would be nice to have an option to put a password protection on the albums that photos of each person is under. For example, if the album is labeled "ME", I wouldn't want him clicking on the tab and see photos of his mother that he shouldn't be looking at and scar him for life. Lol! Also, it would even come in handy when parents let their children play on their phone and they stumble upon photos that their parents didn't want them to see. Since my son also takes photos, one other idea that I had would be that anytime he takes photos and Google Photos downloads them, that the photos would be categorized by the device it was downloaded from, but you would still be able to organize the photos into albums later. Thank you!
Love
by leiasgram on 2020/03/13 17:53
Love having all of my pictures in one places for the most part. I also love how smart it is and how the program can go through and recognize faces and group them together, if you name certain individuals. I’ve seen it work on pictures as young as baby photos to older pictures. Now that’s impressive!
If it isn’t sure if this person “A” is the same as “B”, then it will ask, “Is ‘A’ the same person as ‘B’ or different? You choose and it moves on to the next picture. Very simple, yet effective.
You can go through and label each person in each picture, even the blurring ones, so as to be sure that you remember everything. You can even edit and make changes to the picture once it has been added to Google Photos.
Anytime you need the picture, all you have to do is to share it or save it on your device again to reuse. 💜❤️💞 It is truly magnificent! Oh, and the automatic lifelike pics that it makes for you are awesome. You can make little photo album with pictures that you choose or allow the app to do it for you, or just switch one or two pics out here and there. You can print from the app and add a frame. I could just go on and on. Love this app! 🥰
10/10 Recommend!
by EIA101 on 2019/09/15 02:53
i got this app as a way to store photos and make albums, and it has not let me down. i can finally clear up space on my phone for other things while having all my photos in an easily accessible app. it’s very user-friendly. i love how it has gave recognition and makes mini albums for each person! also, you can make your own albums and share them by simply copying a link. google photos is linked to your gmail so you can access pictures and videos anywhere you’re signed in! another benefit is with imessage. you can easily attach photos that are not on your device just by clicking the google photos icon and selecting your images. another amazing feature is that the app recognizes pictures with a lot of writing. when syncing your camera roll to google photos, the app takes the pictures with writing/typing (like a report for school, old notes, etc.) and gives you an option to clear them from your phone, as you probably don’t need them anymore and they’re classified as junk.
google photos is an amazing app. it gives you options to create new albums, prints, movies, collages, and animations. this app is a must-have!
Wish All Assistants Were This Good!
by Goldy121 on 2020/04/04 01:47
I have really enjoyed Google photos, especially for the assistant feature. Every now and then I’ll get a notification that the assistant has created a little movie or collage from pictures I took 2, 3, even 5 years ago. It’s great because it usually creates something that you’d like to have but you just never get around to making. Seeing old pictures of a trip with family and friends, the family pet doing something quirky, or being reminded of a special occasion can make your day.
Candidly, I’m not a huge fan of the fact that Google has become this massive company with their hands in everything, but for utility apps like this there just aren’t many companies out there who have the time, money and imaginative software developers to create an app like this that actually makes it on to the App Store. For that reason I commend them. Now, if I could just figure out how to block every single move I make and web page I visit from them, I might just stop getting harassed by advertisements for things that I just searched for an hour ago on a completely different device connected to a completely different network!
Finally! Google, helping to create peace of mind when I run out of storage for my photos!
by Rockdez on 2018/04/05 16:51
This is the app I’ve been searching for! When I bought my iPhone 8 Plus, I purchased it in such a hurry that I forgot to tell the sales associate I wanted the highest storage iPhone. It was fine for the time being but, I needed to have a backup plan whenever I do happen to run low on storage space. I’ve been stuck with limited to no space available on my phone just a few months after purchasing it. I thought about possibly paying an online company like Box to backup my iPhone but trust is a big issue for me and I couldn’t get myself to take the next step in subscribing to some online account I barely knew. With Google Photos, I can now have peace of mind that my photos and videos will always be in one place safe and sound! Nothing bums me out more than to be at a concert and get a message pop-up during a video recording that I am running out of storage space. Now I don’t have to worry! I also really appreciate how Google Photos makes it easy to use and recommends albums and animations to save specific memories and moments! Best app ever! Totally worth the wait! :)
Excellent for photos, Videos are a STRUGGLE
by iPad3 in Mich on 2018/01/14 18:09
I am upgrading my iPad and have a library of photos and videos on the iPad and synced with iCloud. Download the Google Photos app and give it permission to access your pictures and it takes over. Could not be easier. Be sure to manage your iCloud upload capabilities on your device first and decouple the device from iCloud. This is relevant, I believe, because it has taken a week to synch up ~300 videos from the iPad to Google Photos and in the meantime new pics (from all apple devises sharing the same Apple ID) get shared around to each other making the Google Photos install a bit less straightforward. This is the second Saturday I have been working on this and am now down to roughly 30 videos to get over to Google Photos. Almost done! Bugs I have encountered are minimal, but the count of pics/videos to transfer over is not a reliable number and the "upload in background" setting is not available to me so the app runs in the foreground. I had to upgrade storage size at Google -- for a fee -- because I wanted to keep original resolution and now I am curios about how Google Drive may be useful but don't know if Google Drive and Google Photos "play nice" with one another.
Easy storage, fun features
by jamaicangel00 on 2019/03/27 03:09
Google Photos is so easy to use! There are so many settings that you can decide on, like whether or not you want photos to automatically be backed up or wait until you are on Wi-Fi. Then, you can have the app on your phone so that you can easily delete the pictures on your phone storage and always see the pictures in the Google Photos app. I personally have turned off photo back up on iPhone, and just use Google Photos. You can access Google Photos from a PC too. And while you’re taking pictures and videos while going to events, Google Photos will make creative designs in the background. So it will give you memories and reminders of what you were doing this day last year or three years ago. And then sometimes it’ll create a movie or animation from the pictures and videos that you’ve taken. It gives you the option to save those or share them if you’d like. And, if it sees that you are using your phone storage when it has already backed up those particular photos, it will make suggestions on groups of photos you can delete/archive from your phone’s memory. Good job Google, as usual 🙂
I love google photos
by Brother Gollum on 2020/01/16 00:23
This app really is both a major convenience, and a lifesaver. Whether you’re trying to combat the possibility that your phone might break and you want to salvage all of your photos, or an easy place to store and organize ALL of your photos, or just a way to save local space on your device, Google Photos is the perfect service for the job. I've taken thousands of photos as well and have still not needed to purchase any of the (cheap) extra storage offered by Google. The personalized photo recommendations, and suggested stylized photos are very well done, as well as the automatic grouping of albums by location (which you can turn off if you’d like your location of photos to remain unknown) , and ability to easily order photo books and photo prints in app. I can attest to the photo books looking good as well, as I have ordered one in the past. Can’t speak to the quality of the prints though, although I’m sure they're of a similar degree of quality. All in all, I have no complaints about Google Photos, and multiple praises of it. The fact that my honest review reads as an advertisement probably says a lot lol. Great app.
Can’t get rid of unneeded photos even though there’s a delete option, not organized, uses my storage
by azsedcgyhnjo on 2018/10/21 04:14
I admit it’s good for keeping photos backed up but I have another issue. There is a delete option for pictures and videos. I’m able to delete them, go into my trash, and delete forever but when I close the app and go back in, they’re all back. I’ve restarted my phone, made sure the app was updated, look up it up and couldn’t find anything. Pretty much everything I could do, I did. Point is, I’m in desperate need of storage and deleting thousands of really, unneeded photos is probably the best way to go. I don’t have many apps, just a lot of photos. My photos automatically back up so I don’t have a chance to go through them before they’re saved to my email. The app isn’t organized and nor are my photos. I go in to find photos that I may need and can’t find them. I’m sitting for hours before I find anything. I take lots of photos. I do a lot of photography and am one of those people who loves taking photos instead of living in the moment. I’m contemplating on just deleting the app and going on to use something else. Plus, it’s really buggy and slow. It’s constantly asking to “make space” and delete the pictures in my photo library. When I say no, it just keeps popping up every 5 to 10 minutes. Apple users, honestly just use photo stream. It’s a waste.
such a helpful and amazing app
by abi loves google photos on 2019/06/20 15:05
google photos is absolutely amazing. since i downloaded the app a few years back, it’s saved my life numerous times. i have very low storage on my phone and so I can’t have so many pictures in my apple photos app, but thanks to google photos, I can take as many pics as I want (and trust me I take a ton!) and then back them up to the app, and it will transport the uploaded pics to recently deleted. I don’t have to go through all my pics and see which ones were uploaded, google does it for me and it’s very efficient and easy. i definitely recommend getting this app if you take a lot of pics like me and have low storage. or even if you don’t have low storage, google photos stores your pics for you so if you don’t want all your pics in your phone’s photos app, you should definitely get this app. super helpful and really amazing. separates pics for you into location, and video, and you can make photo albums and collages. you can also sort people by face which is incredibly incredibly useful. all in all, this app is just a lifesaver and if you know me, you always hear me advertise for it.
Yes it rad! It’s better than face book for family photos and being able for all to use
by Jason Bryant 503 on 2018/11/29 13:23
It better than face book for family and the picture s are quality, I feel google is taking over the world but in a good way, I like the assistant and the effects I even like how they lay things out so I can explore and get better at my use of the systems. I use this and recommend it to everyone, yes I know it also tracking more and faster better with maps high pictures and how I use the google search, but I do admit google make so far everything better but ,invasive but so ar3 people This will make a market for phones cameras and other things we use may closed loop system for privacy, cloud for convenience, and we will see a market for towers and old laptops etc I think it’s cool, people need to learn and study it more so they understand what its purpose is and what it can do as in google ai photos computers tech, it amazing I just hope we do well with it and use it for all and communicate better and remember we need to collaborate with each other to make great photos like we have. It only invasive if the energy is negative . Thank you google 😊😉😎
Very good
by DIDE2020 on 2018/12/15 13:26
Very nice photo storage app, easy to use, and offer many options of pictures layout and searching. Ive got it a month ago, and between my iPhone and the windows google photos app I'm still finding new things I can do. But one thing I cannot do (or maybe I didn't discover it yet) is to check what pictures belong to an album. The pictures' description doesn't show it. All my 25,000, and counting, pictures are organized in albums. If I don't place my photos in albums every time I take them, there's no way I can find out which picture was last that I placed into an album. I used Flickr before and it was very easy to check this, not only from the description (that shows you exactly if a picture belongs to an album or not, sometimes I discovered I had pictures belonging to 2 albums so I removed it from one of them), but when you take new pictures, they are placed, by default, into an album named "auto upload", so that you know exactly what pictures do not belong to any album. I wish Google had this feature.....at least let us know from the description.
Otherwise, very happy with this app.
Great app
by Macorin on 2018/08/25 02:30
Google photos is terrific and they have certainly outdone Apple in the Photos app department. Sad that Apple can’t even make a better photos app than Google for their own devices. Google Photos has Apple Photos beaten in so many ways: 1) Google Photos shows camera info and even lets you edit the time of a photo. 2) Google Photos allows you to add descriptions to Photos. 3) Google Photos actually organizes your photos chronologically. Apple says they do in the Photos tab, but they don’t. They organize first by location than chronologically. It’s ugly. 4) Google Photos gives you a speed scroll up and down. 5) Google Photos allows for multi line album names. 6) Google Photos offers free photo storage (full resolution for Pixel owners) and (high resolution to everyone else). 7) Google Photos offers much nicer filters. 8) Google Photos has much better smart organization for their people, places and things Albums.
Google Photos is everything that Apple Photos isn’t. It still isn’t perfect, but at least it respects that people can think for themselves and offers many features that Apple Photos should, but doesn’t.
Amazing
by UTPhotog on 2018/05/05 14:53
I take a lot of pictures with my phone and with my SLR. I have a large extended family and lots of grandkids. I have 200,000 ++ digital photos dating back to my first digital camera in 2001. I have digital scans of old 35mm slides. All this has been sitting on my hard drive doing no one any good. I have uploaded each folder of photos on my hard drive onto GF. Each folder on my PC has become an album on GF. This resulted in the creation of hundreds of albums in GF. Once in GF, I then share each album with the appropriate people for that particular album. Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) is scary good. The facial recognition is awesome. It is able to recognize my brother at age 75 all the way down to age 8...automatically! Below age 8 GF needs my help sometimes. So finding all the photos of uncle Harry is a snap. Now all my kids have all the photos related to them on all their devices. All searchable by person, date, location, setting (beach, mountains, etc). They love it. I love it. All unlimited and free. I still keep my SLR RAW files on my PC, but I have now made all my photos accessible to family and friends. Simply amazing.
Best App/Program on the web!!!
by JohnnyComeHome on 2018/04/27 03:31
I was always worried about eventually losing pictures and have no memories of my life when photography went all digital. However, Google Photos solved that problem and it’s really astounding what it does for you automatically. I have a DSLR camera, and I was also worried that I would have to always take pictures from the phone or transfer them to my laptop, but no not only does Google give you unlimited storage, it automatically stores all the photos nicely organized albums from any device you own. Next they are hard at work putting together albums or special effects etc., something that would take you hours to complete if you even knew how! Honestly, I could do without many programs and apps, but the two of my favorite apps, Google Photos and Google Play Music are making me want to consider going with all Google products,laptop,cell phone,chrome cast etc. I have an I phone and while Google Photos keeps up with those photos, the I phone only has photos from when I started using the phone. Google photos keeps them safe and secure! Unbelievable App!
Can NOT go Back to Life Before Google Photos
by PJ Jackson13 on 2019/11/27 11:36
Seriously guys, I would hate to think of going back to life without google photos! Google Photos is one of those apps that you had no idea you needed in your life, but once you do, you can never go back to how you was doing things before🤩🤩🤩
I love having one place that can have confidence in knowing my photos are easily accessible from anywhere. Plus, being able to share photos of my grandson with my daughter and vice versa in the moment is priceless. My husband and I are always in two different places, but we are always working on the same projects and Google Photos has been a huge help in us being able to share photos, ideas, etc. that keeps our projects moving forward.
Lastly, although I could keep going, but since this is only a review, I am attempting to keep as brief as possible 😂 Back to lastly, the organization, tips, and ease of ordering is tremendously helpful! I am a huge Google Fan across the board, as many of the applications has just made everyday tasks so much simpler, so just giving a shout out and a big Thank You😀🙌👍
Organizes your visual life impeccably with little to no work on your part!
by Westpalmdrifter on 2018/10/07 04:48
Google photos does a very good job of backing up unlimited amounts of photos and videos for free. It doesn’t end there! Google photos does a great job of recognizing faces places and objects on demand. Another great feature about this app is the fact that one can go on a trip and within a day or two of returning, google photos has prepared a photo album that you can edit, caption, and add to based on the geo tag of each photo. As if all of that wasn’t enough, google photos allows you to edit your photos and videos within the app, save them, and then share a single photo/video or groups of them with friends or family via a web link. This gives you total control of what others see. The fact that google photos is secured with your Gmail address and password, means that you can login to view your photos practically anywhere you have an Internet connection. Best photo and video software I have ever used...in fact, everyone else is rushing to copy features already perfected here. Try it. You'll like it. Promise.
I love time is saves me in organizing my photos.
by Ahdfedn on 2020/05/13 12:12
I have taken photographs all my life and have thousands of pictures. People often ask me for pictures of loved ones that are no longer with us or for special occasions like my Daughters sweet 16 birthday. On google I have all my cellphone pictures and special events. For birthdays I like to run a slide show of that person life. All I have to do is select that person and I have an album of every picture I have taken of them.
I often need to search for an event but don’t remember what date it occurred. I do a quick search on google for people or places to find that event. I always have some cellphone pictures of the event where I can inspect that picture and get the information on when it was taken. I then search my computers hard drive for that file date to locate all my photos taken on that day.
Future requests:
My 35mm pictures are too many and large file sizes to upload all of them so I would love to be able to run googles face recognition on my computers hard drive and keep a low resolution copy of all my pictures in the cloud.
Beyond brilliant
by Beaver.A on 2018/11/28 14:43
Google photos is probably the most useful app I have ever downloaded. Everything is easy and seamless. Being able to search people or animals by their faces is an amazing feature that I use often. I love that google photos creates albums, collages and movies on its own for me. Sharing photos is perfectly simple. I really like the archive feature, it’s relatively new. It allows you to put photos in a separate folder that you might not need such as screen shots or other photos you’d want to hide from your regular photos. Another feature I’ve been appreciative of lately is ‘rediscover this day,’ it allows you to see photos you took in this day during previous years. I love this app. I tell all my friends and family to download it. Nothing else even comes close to what it can do. If anything I’d make a couple suggestions although I’m satisfied with the app without them. 1 - make a secret archive folder that can only be accessed with a password. 2 - allow users to create a custom collage (put the photos in the place they want rather than the app organizing them for you)
Features break over time + no support
by RawwrBag on 2018/10/31 17:45
I’ve used Google Photos since launch. It works fine at first but as the amount of metadata builds up, features start to break. First it was “sharing in progress; keep app open to finish” that would last for days at a time despite it appearing to complete immediately. Then one day it just stopped syncing edits, at all. Next it started failing to show new photos that had been downloaded locally and not yet uploaded. Around this time it also started uploading duplicates of things. At some point during all of this, assistant creations began failing to save. They would show up again every time I opened the app. Shortly after, it stopped showing new assistant suggestions and only the old “stuck” ones that I couldn’t clear or save. Somewhere along the way, it halved the number of photos it was tracking for backup from 3,000 to 1,500 without me deleting anything locally or freeing up space. Reinstalling the app fixes some but not all of these issues, and only for awhile.
Buyer beware. You’ll get hooked by all the cool features and then it’ll start to fall over.
Also, there is absolutely no support whatsoever, which is sad because I actually bought extra storage for the service. I’m a paying customer and there is literally no way to contact Google about any of my issues.
Great but VERY SLOW
by LilGohan on 2018/11/29 00:20
I cannot think of a more useful app like this day to day. I have a 64GB iphone and my friends always flex on me because they have 256 GB or whatever. Now i flex on them because i have UNLIMITED STORAGE!!! I can truly say this app is a miracle worker, because otherwise, I would have to upload my photos to icloud where my ENTIRE family could see, but now there is this. The app is great but it is VERY slow. I have about 3000 photos to back up, and I expected it would take maybe 1-2 days. I even tried to not take anymore photos until it backed up fully so I don’t overload it or anything. Boy was I wrong, it has been 2 WEEKS!! AND I STILL HAVE 300 photos to back up. For some reason, the number keeps glitching, even though I’m not taking photos, the number sometimes keeps going up. One day I’m down to only a 150 photos to back up, a minute later, I have 291 photos to back up. I understand it may just me my slow phone, but this should be compatible with all users. I decided to upgrade just for this reason, and if it doesn’t work then, I will give it a 3 star rating, if it works, I will change my rating to a 5! Thanks Google!!!
Collages are easy; make them better
by Judy Kotar on 2018/10/07 06:46
I'm preparing educational collages of many species of trees: full height, and closeups of leaves/needles, flowers/fruits or cones. Examples are larch, basswood, katsura. I choose the same 3 photos or 4 photos repeatedly in hopes of getting the specific arrangement I want. If there are 3 views, I want the full height of the tree to be the full height of the collage. Sometimes the app won't give me that. I wish I could see a set of diagrams. Suppose I select a diagram with 3 vacancies. I want you to label them first, second, third. The first photo I select goes in position #1, then #2, etc. If I want the biggest picture verticle on the left side, all I have to do is choose the right diagram, note the number in the tall box, and tap the tall tree when I get to that number. I think it's logical to name the biggest box #1. I'm not asking for ability to select the dimensions of the boxes; I like what you have now. I'm not asking for new diagrams; you already offer a full set with 2, 3, or 4 photos. If someone selects more than four photos, they should accept whatever arrangements the app currently offers. The permutations & combinations are too numerous.
Solid photo app
by Shurman292 on 2018/04/23 22:12
I’ve been using google photos for over two years now and it has been an innovative, reliable way to backup photos and videos. The search feature is magic. There’s no other way to describe it. I searched for “headset” and a picture from five years ago popped up with me in the front seat of a small airplane with a headset on...it also somehow correctly recognizes people from birth to adulthood. I don’t know about you, but I look nothing like I did when I was two years old.
There are a couple improvements I would suggest though. First, editing photos could be significantly more robust. It currently has all the basic editing features you would find in most default phone photo apps. Second, a more clear, innovative organization method would be very handy. As it stands, I have tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of photos all arrayed in a vertical flow with the months/years denoted along the side. Perhaps the option to automatically organize/rearrange into (gasp) folders by year, event type (wedding, vacation, etc) or person and other categories. Just a thought.
Great Over 50 App
by Kit-Kat Tunes on 2018/04/22 15:11
Generation X and Baby Boomers have some say in this World of Technology! Typically we purchase the iPhone with less memory space available because let’s face it, “we’re not that techie”. What we fail to realize we’re going through that stage of life with the plastic pull-out wallet photo album our grandmothers use to whip out on everyone, strangers on public transit included. The only difference, our whip-out photo album is on our cell phones. Suddenly you realize with all those photos and videos of the family, and your memory capacity notifications have you wishing you had bought the phone with more memory!
THANK YOU GOOGLE PHOTO APP! You have saved the day! I can store my plastic photo flip-out album now on my Google Photos and have memory to spare! The navigation on the app is so simple for all us “not so techie” 50+ people. The document archive is a great feature too. No more searching through photos for those paid bill screenshots. I also love the photo editing suggestions, considering I’m not a professional photographer.
This App is a must for all 50+!
Serves it purpose
by TLesiak on 2018/12/04 16:52
I ran out of space in my iCloud and had to find something to back up my photos. I use Google for most everything else so it made sense to use it for photos. I like that you can access the photos, along with all the other Google products, while logged into my google account. It automatically uploads pictures I’ve taken onto my phone and when I need to free up space on my phone I can choose that option in google photos. It’ll send all of the pictures uploaded to the deleted file on my phone. There are a lot of photo products out there that have an option to upload photos directly from Google Photos like Shutterfly or even choosing pictures to have printed at your local Walgreens. The only complaint is that I wish it didn’t take so long to load the pictures and when you first click on the photos, it’s a bit pixelated so it takes a while to clear up. Although, it does hold a lot of pictures for free so I’d rather it continue to be free than those complaints be corrected and pay a fee for faster/more storage.
Infinite room for pics
by abjester on 2020/02/10 01:25
Everyone knows when you back your pictures up in iCloud it uses some of you allotted 5gigs in the process. I use Google Pics and the app is like magic. It just vacuums up my pictures and videos, saves them, all completely behind the scenes automatically. The one hook is you must store them at a SLIGHTLY less resolution for the back ups to not take space off your google drive cloud server. Personally I can not tell any difference and for my purpose Google Pics does everything I need to keep all my pictures safe. The App is free and I've been backing up my pictures does years with no problem. A one second down load and whatever picture you want will appear in your camera roll on your device.
If you have lots of pictures that need backing up you can use up all your iCloud room and have to buy more space OR back them up using google's server and have all the space you need.
You can back up in original form also it just counts against the 15 gigabytes of space Google gives you with your account.
Does the work for me
by Ditjk on 2019/03/12 15:43
My family and I started using Google photos as a way for us to share all the pictures we capture when we’re together and soon realized it’s a great way to share photos from when we’re apart as well. I love how easy it is to share photos and albums. Works really well with my iPhone and allows me to keep my storage space on my phone freed up for more photos!
Another cool advantage to this photo sharing platform is the stylized photos and movies it randomly makes and suggests. I only wish I knew how to make a stylized photo or action photo on my own.
Google photos allows you to save and search by faces and places. This includes even searching for your dog! It’s a little scary how it makes a movie of “They grow up so fast” which is a compilation of photos of my baby from infancy to toddlerhood - how does it know it’s the same kid? Incredible and freaky.
In summary; I recommend Google photo to everyone that’s looking for an app to save and store photos. It’s incredibly simple to use and does the work for you.
You get what you pay for, and this is free.
by Kracka lohsious on 2020/03/23 01:41
Save yourself now and have nothing to do with google photos. Seriously the worst and least user friendly app for photo sharing. It takes 10 min to upload a 1min video to the cloud on high speed internet. Ridiculous. Also it doesn’t separate your “uploaded photo/video” from the photo video it’s viewing off your actually phone so if you’re not careful you could accidentally delete photos thinking they’re on google cloud and they never actually uploaded. Lastly if you ever decide you want to delete google cloud and have no connection with it good luck because it is a long process to delete all your photos from the cloud and disconnect your photos from the account. It raised my blood pressure and ruined an entire day for me. No wonder it’s free. I’ll stick with Icloud. You get what you pay for at least. On icloud i could upload over 3K photos and videos before google cloud could finish uploading a couple of 60 second videos clips. This app is a joke. No idea how it has such high ratings. Maybe people only use it for uploading a few photos to share. If you have hundreds of photos to upload and share you could get them devolved and sent to the person in the Mail before google photos would finish.
Amazing
by gator101gator on 2018/10/13 16:31
If you just use the “High Quality” upload size setting, you literally get storage for unlimited amounts of photos. And by unlimited, I really mean unlimited. I currently have over 5000 photos in storage and I’m constantly adding more with 0 downsides. Plus, being able to access your photos (as well as being able to download them) from basically ANY device that can access the internet is a huge benefit! Couldn’t recommend this enough for anyone that either has a ton of photos and videos and just want a backup for all of them and/or have storage capacity issues on their devices due to the amount of photos stored on it. All you have to do is have a Google account (i.e. have a Gmail account), log in to Google Photos, download the photos to it, and after it’s done backing up all your photos, you can then delete them all from your device and still keep all those photos and videos as well as be able to access them from basically anywhere! Amazing app and cant recommend enough!
Better than Apple Photos
by Lazziza on 2019/02/06 21:50
I am wondering why I never utilized this app BEFORE now? I love that it connects photos from my iPad and my iPhone IMMEDIATELY... unlike Apple. In real-time photos from my iPad, iPhone and MAC are all uploaded seamlessly without me ever thinking about it. Apple products can be connected to WiFi and not operate any where near that efficiently. Not to mention the fact that I need to pay out-of-pocket for iCloud storage to protect my precious photos on their devices. For years I’ve panicked if my photos weren’t backed up, hoping nothing would happen to my device until I could afford to pay for my cloud fees again. Now I never have to worry about that ever since Google has tons of storage! Google has me covered for FREE too! & *IF* it can get any better, every time I open the app there are new stylized pics, collages, and animated photos that Google has created for me! It makes my job easier and preserves memories in ways I may have never thought twice about. I highly recommend this app, and I consider it a MUST HAVE.
Fantastic way to liberate your iPhone
by publicrick on 2018/10/08 00:56
No room for the latest iOS update? You probably are like a certain friend of mine who takes pictures of everything and texts pics of every meal she eats when traveling to new places. Your photos are great, but they are hiding out in text AND photo storage. Why do you need them in both places? In fact, with this app you don’t need them on your phone at all! If you are cool with Google knowing almost everything about you, which it probably already does, then have no fear! This will solve your storage problem and make room for stuff you need on the phone.
Set-up takes a while if you have multi-gigs of photos. Let it do its job and follow the Assistant’s guidance. Once done, install the latest iOS to see what you’ve been missing.
One shortcoming I haven’t found an easy workaround for: if you are already in a text or mail and want to send an older picture, it’s not easy to browse through your photo library in Google from within the mail app.
Great with caveats
by kiwiyamagushi on 2018/09/05 18:10
The user experience in general is pretty straightforward and useful. Photos automatically get updated into google pictures and then they have a feature that helps delete photos on our phone. Great. I believe I could even teach my mom this, which is saying a lot. This is where they fall flat, all the suggestions with collages and animations cover the useful feature of cleaning up photos. It just confuses some users (for example, older adults) and makes them hesitant to press anything and turns them off from using it. Perhaps they should move that as an extra setting and not part of the mAjor automatic experience. Second, the shared album is separate from albums which also confuses older users. I think if they could clean up the “bells and whistles” they would reach a broader audience, but also if they have a broader audience current users would probably be more active since then they could really take advantage of shared photos. The logos without text can also be confusing for some users. So overall really great concept, but the user experience can be fine tuned to really be easy to use.
5 star app with a horrible, incredibly aggravating flaw
by eltolltoll on 2020/01/07 04:06
This is hands down a 5 star app, without a doubt. I’ve turned on so many people to using Google Photos as a means for backing up their photos over any other cloud storage out there. It’s functional, free, and versatile.
There’s one problem I’m having with it though that seems like a big that could be fixed, and I would love to have this issue fixed. It’s been an issue ever since I’ve been using Google Photos for the past five years. The issue it when you search for photos, say a specific date, or an object, like “dog”, it does a brilliant job at finding all your photos with just what you searched BUT forget scrolling farther than two or three scrolls. For some reason when you try to scroll further to look for photos, it bounces back up to the top. All. The. Time. It’s extremely aggravating when you’ve scrolled far enough to find what you were looking for and then it bounces all the way back to the top again.
Please fix this once and for all Google!!! I’d love to give this the five stars it deserves, but this is becoming a headache so much so lately I’ve contemplated using different apps now for my photos.
Surprised how good yet not generally known by others
by TCMark on 2018/09/08 05:12
This app pretty much does it all, as the best backup app I’ve found and it’s creative Assistant. I’ve yet to run out of backup space and I have a ton of photos and videos. I don’t know how or why that works so well, but why pay for online backup space if you can use Google Photos?
The Assistant suggests ready-made albums, makes movies, creates stylized copies of some of your beat shots, and even brings back memories from years past to see again.
About the only thing I don’t like is how fast it backs up your photos if you leave that feature turned on. So if you haven’t had time to delete some of the photos you don’t want to keep in your phone’s Photos folder, Google Photos will have already backed them up. Then it’s a little cumbersome to synchronize what you want to save.
It also backs up your media on multiple devices, which is very handy because you can view all of those photos and videos in one place.
This is definitely a sleeper 5-Star app!
Great App
by Audioxnant on 2019/03/25 20:13
I just hope Google don’t hold my life in pictures as some kind of ransom, later on down the track. Google can be bought and sold right? Along with all my data. Putting faith in a company like this is a huge deal but they are not a country. They have no governing body that is connected to the people so... when you hand over your life in pictures, your facial details and all of your friends faces, places and times are essentially owned. There will be AI that will find patterns in people’s experiences gathered from this data that will be used to manipulate people in ways that we can’t imagine and probably won’t notice. And I know all this and yet the app makes it easier for me to enjoy the thousands of pictures that I’ve taken in my life. It uses algorithms to sort and make use out of all these captured moments. It’s really wonderful. So google you can have my pictures and data and the ability to manipulate me in some kind of emotional bliss, in exchange for this awesome service! Game-changer.
let’s put a lock on it
by garrettpaulmoore on 2018/11/18 03:21
Seriously, the app is great and continues to store and store my pictures and videos and has for several years without any issues. One thing I would love to see in the very very near future are some locking features. Initially, a password/passcode that can be turned on to enter the app itself. And then the ability to lock specific albums without having to go through and hand select single items to archive them. The archive works great but if I want to keep multiple item together for easy access, it makes more sense for me to keep them in an album together, which is easily accessible to anyone with access to the app. If we could make the app and also the albums themselves password sensitive, this would change up the game for Google Photos.
Also, facial recognition and face grouping have not been working lately on one of my accounts but work fine on another account. Weird.
Love the app. Thanks for storing all my junk for so long. GooPho, you’re the GOAT
Excellent App, but Some Improvements are Needed
by samelnicomposer on 2017/12/11 18:00
I like how easily Google Photos backs up my photos from many devices, organizes them by person (and pet), gives suggestions for changes and archival, and for making photo books! There are two improvements that it could really use, though:
1) The movies are really bland and boring, especially when compared to the iOS Photos app. It’s just a basic slideshow and the music cuts off suddenly at the end. Automatic effects, panning, and music that at least fades out would be excellent.
2) More feedback for grouping people and pets. Much like how facebook works, being able to tap a face that hasn’t been identified and identifying it would be so helpful. It would help Google learn what faces it has trouble recognizing and make sorting the photos even better.
Other than that, this app is absolutely incredible. It has a clean, easy layout and the free storage is perfect for everyday use. I would love to see this technology used with a digital picture frame to display photos because of how well it sorts and edits them.
Brilliant!
by Larsenv on 2017/09/17 16:09
Google did an outstanding job at making a service where you can back up as many photos as you want and share them with your friends and family. In fact, this is the best service I've seen to do the job! Even though the picture quality isn't what it originally was, the photos are still in high quality.
You can use the backup & sync app on your computer to sync your whole Photos library to Google Photos, which I've done and works well. I saved a ton of space on my iPad by syncing everything to Google Photos via this app, so if you're running low on storage this is an app that can save you.
The awesomeness doesn't stop there! You can comment on photos, add locations, and best of all - you can use keywords to search pictures in your whole library! So if you want to find pictures of your dog in your library, you just search "dog" and a bunch of dog pictures magically come up! No tagging is required! Of course it's not perfect, but I've tested it with different keywords and it's still well done.
One more thing, you can easily tag images by faces. Just enter the person's name and it'll automatically associate all pictures with them! The face detection is really good, and still finds photos with the same face if a kid is maturing.
This service is a masterpiece, and it's a safe place to store all your photos. They pictures are automatically marked private unless you share them, so you don't have to worry about privacy concerns. Google Photos is a must-have app.
Review update 2019, don’t get rid of this app
by Itzazme on 2019/07/27 16:47
I don't know what I would do with out this app! I have been using google photos for over 12 years. (That's on three children and 10+ bdays a year.) In the beginning I uploaded my photos that I wanted to keep. So I did miss a lot of photos not uploading when I lost a phone, but ever since they started automatically uploading photos from my phone, if (when) my phone went bad, I didn't have to worry because my memories were already in google photos! Even better, now that you can give google photos permission to delete already uploaded photos, my phone has tons of memory. Plus my pics quality are good enough, I have been able to get some of my photos printed onto 16x20 canvases too. I can say so much. But I'll end with forget iCloud or Dropbox, why would you use anything else while Google offers Google Photos and so much more with goodie Drive? Literally I love it, I depend on google way to much to help me keep storage of all my data.
So many issues
by EBee1999 on 2018/08/05 23:17
I'm very frustrated with this app because I downloaded it to help me with the storage issues on my phone, but it's giving me separate issues of its own! The app says "backup complete" at the top of the page, but many of my pictures still have the white arrows going in circular motion. When I access google photos on the desktop, those items do not show up. I spent hours looking it up in forums and trying to fix it based on all the recommendations in forums, but nothing is helping. Only when I manually select the items and click "back up" do the arrows disappear, and it is irrational for me to sit there for hours selecting the items one by one when the app is supposed to do this automatically! On top of that, the app does not back up my videos. I really wanted this app to be worth it and to work for me and I'm very disappointed that it's not. Now I have to seek another solution and waste even more time worrying about this. At this point I'm not even sure if I should trust this app or continue using it, and I would not recommend it to friends with the issues I've been having!
Save your energy and don't get this app!!
-To Google: if I am contacted and the issues are fixed then I will change the review ..
Love it. But one problem
by kittenzmeoww on 2019/09/02 05:02
I’ve been reading on a bunch of forums that so many people are having the same problem as what I’m having right now. It stopped backing up when it got to my videos. I’ve done EVERYTHING I’ve seen online to fix it. I’ve done everything that a google one personnel has told me to do. I even got my case sent to a higher management/tech person/people and I did what they asked me to do as well and nothing has worked.
Out of the blue yesterday I realized that my videos are backing up maybe 5-10 a day. And I still have nearly 1500 videos left so that’s literally going to take me MONTHS to get these finished backing up and quite frankly, I’m over it. I need to get everything off of my phone so I can reset it and start over. And I refuse to lose these photos because they’re of my daughter growing up.
So that is literally my only problem with this app. You guys need to fix the bug that causes the backup process to freeze. And apparently this has been happening for a year or so, maybe more. So please, PLEASE! Fix this problem!!!
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App name
Google Photos
Description
Google Photos is a smarter home for all your photos and videos, made for the way you take photos today.
“The best photo product on Earth” – The Verge
“Google Photos is your new essential picture app” – Wired
“Upload the pictures, and let Google Photos do the rest” – The New York Times
• FREE UP SPACE: Never worry about running out of space on your phone again. Photos that are safely backed up can be removed from your device’s storage in just a tap.
• VISUAL SEARCH: Your photos are now searchable by the people, places and things in them—no tagging required.
• SMARTER SHARING: With smart sharing suggestions, giving your friends the photos you took of them is painless. And they can add their photos, too, so you’ll finally get the photos you’re actually in.
• MOVIES AND GIFS, MADE FOR YOU: Get automatically created movies, collages, GIFs, and more from your photos. Or easily create them yourself.
• ADVANCED EDITING: Transform photos with a tap. Use intuitive and powerful photo and video editing tools to apply content-aware filters, adjust lighting, and more.
• SMART AUTOMATIC ALBUMS: Tell better stories, without the work. Automatically get a new album with just your best shots after an event or trip, then invite others to add their photos.
• LIVE ALBUMS: Share your latest photos with Live Albums. Select the people and pets you want to see and Google Photos will automatically add photos of them as you take them, no manual updates needed.
• SHARED LIBRARIES: Share without sharing. Grant a trusted person access to all of your photos.
• REDISCOVER: Get collages of photos you took a year ago on this day – perfect for #tbt.
• GOOGLE LENS: Search what you see. This preview enables you to identify text and objects in your photos to learn more and take action.
• ON YOUR TV: View your photos and videos on your TV with Chromecast and Airplay support.
• FREE STORAGE: Back up unlimited photos and videos for free for up to 16 megapixels and 1080p HD and access them from any device and photos.google.com—your photos are safe, secure, and private to you.
You can also upgrade storage for your Google Account, used for Original Quality photos and videos, Google Drive and Gmail by subscribing to Google One, an expanded storage plan. Subscriptions start at $1.99/month for 100 GB in the US. Pricing and availability can vary by region.
Storage subscriptions purchased in-app will be charged to your iTunes Account, and automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to iTunes Account Settings after purchase.
Google Privacy Policy: https://google.com/intl/en_US/policies/privacy
Google One Terms of Service: https://one.google.com/terms-of-service
Note: Face grouping is not available in all countries.
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Reviews
Good back up
by Floridafinestt on 2020/06/03 22:29
Perfect for all photos on all devices
Better than apple photos!
by BenjaminLloyd on 2020/06/03 22:16
And it removes a TON of storage-eating files from your hard drive.
Best photo app!
by take pics on 2020/06/03 22:09
Best photo app!
Does what I need it to do...
by CinnamonButterflyGirl on 2020/06/03 22:07
... very well 👍🏼
Well done
by Manymore13 on 2020/06/03 21:49
I really enjoy the app and the features.
Great photos
by jaro fb on 2020/06/03 21:47
Great app, it backs up and has every feature apple photos has, and it works on windows,
So for people with iPhones and windows computers, this is great!
Best!
by Julie708 on 2020/06/03 21:31
Confident my photos are backed up and stored safely
My review
by ass boiii on 2020/06/03 21:12
It’s alright
A step up from Apple
by Leeshann on 2020/06/03 21:03
I hate rotating photos so thanks. Adding the option for Geo tags is perfect
Love it
by MikesTablet on 2020/06/03 20:36
Makes it easy to share photos across my devices and with people.
Yes!
by Cele1982 on 2020/06/03 20:31
Love google fotos!
Delka49
by delka49 on 2020/06/03 20:29
👍
So easy
by Lance700 on 2020/06/03 20:08
Wish I could purchase more storage to save higher resolution and more video. Otherwise very helpful and easy storage
Super convenient and easy to use
by Lrp312 on 2020/06/03 19:57
The app itself works the same as an iCloud digital library with even more options to edit/modify your photos.
Excellent photo app
by LilDeadRottingHood on 2020/06/03 19:46
Love this as I love all google items.
This app is trash
by Ginger&I816 on 2020/06/03 19:32
This app is constantly glitches and it uses up my battery 🔋 every time I try to use it. It never uploads in the background and yet it manages to use up my battery in the background.
Best Thing Ever For Me
by Honeykyna02 on 2020/06/03 19:13
Love It. Saves So Much Storage! Basically Unlimited. 👍🏽☺️
Laurie
by Lauri5102 on 2020/06/03 18:59
Love how I can make a photo album out of pics from dif years!
Google Photos
by jayling71 on 2020/06/03 18:51
I think this is the best photo app. There is no loss of photos✅👏🏾
Google photos
by SavannaJeanX3 on 2020/06/03 18:49
Helps with storage and gives great ideas for your photos
Love it
by freshknight on 2020/06/03 18:13
It’s so nice to have all of my photos easily accessible in chronological order and saved somewhere secure with good storage so that no matter what happens to my phone or camera, I won’t lose these memories.
The option to create albums, edit pictures, and search with fave recognition is also incredibly convenient. I will use this app forever!
takes forever
by #FRECKLESgamer on 2020/06/03 17:55
i’ve been trying to upload my photos and videos for about two days now. the videos take about 10 minutes each which seems a little ridiculous. also, it says they upload and i only have like 500 more items, but then it will jump back up to 700.
The best
by el guapo' on 2020/06/03 17:50
I have never had a better photo storage app then this one
Hostage
by AusTexCS3 on 2020/06/03 17:42
I hate that Google Photos won’t play nice with other platforms and holds my photos hostage.
Help
by waeqtsge on 2020/06/03 17:30
I need help navigating this
Love the options to share and order books
by LaineyBluebird on 2020/06/03 17:12
Love it
Really good
by jrm4224 on 2020/06/03 16:59
It backs up my photos quickly 👍🏼
Awesome
by too old for snap chat on 2020/06/03 16:32
Really enjoy the storage and the extras.
Backup too slow
by Wafa2 on 2020/06/03 16:30
Every time an update is announced it talks about making backup faster but for many years the backup process remained to be the most daunting problem of this application, it is just too too slow with no solution in sight.
Google Photos Is The BEST
by Resilience2020 on 2020/06/03 16:25
Google Photos Is The BEST
La para de las apps para fotos xd
by ronaldlaparaklk on 2020/06/03 16:17
Muy dura la app. La para. Sobretodo para tener un backup de tus fotos y videos. Además de que son súper fáciles de encontrar cualquier foto que estés buscando escribiendo en el search bar algo de la foto como la fecha o “screenshots” tu nombre etc..
Great app
by afgvbyfcnjyfdwy on 2020/06/03 16:11
Manages all photos and docs soo well!!!
Excellent Way To Share Photos and Movies!
by Skater05 on 2020/06/03 16:10
Google photos is the easiest way to share photos and even movies with family and friends. There is no need to download as everything is available to share with simple instructions. You choose what you want to share and the recipient can save to his/her library. Show off your photos from your phone or miracast to your tv for a bigger screen.
Besides storing photos and movies, Google photos also has tools for editing photos and creating movies! The free cloud storage is fairly large and the subscription price is very reasonable for additional storage.
Great app
by LanaKela13 on 2020/06/03 16:03
Awesome set up. Love that is gives suggestions or tips to keep everything organized
ty
by stock1378 on 2020/06/03 15:53
saved my ass so many times
My review
by mormen fam on 2020/06/03 15:51
Very good!!!!!
Greatest
by Best Memories on 2020/06/03 15:43
I love my google photos it always surprises me with the cutest videos and music and brings tears to my eyes with memories
#ImLovinIt
by @t3nn3ss33bby on 2020/06/03 15:41
As McDoald’s would say #ImLovinIt #bestappoutthere @t3nn3ss33bby
Google photos is great!
by PamJeffries on 2020/06/03 15:21
Love this app. It’s amazingly easy to use & offers unlimited space for your pictures.
Photo
by Keytags on 2020/06/03 15:15
I’m very satisfied with this app.
It’s great!
by Cnj4949 on 2020/06/03 15:08
Wish there was a way to remove duplicate images. I know I have many duplicates but it’s very time consuming looking thru thousands of images. Other than that I absolutely love it!
Great way to keep up with all your pictures
by kay.nicol on 2020/06/03 14:57
Love google photos I’ve currently switched to an iPhone and still use google photos😊
Love this app!!
by AmyBeezy on 2020/06/03 14:50
I really love this app!! It’s the best!! I appreciate all of photos being saved and backed up!! Also it’s super easy to share your photos with your loved ones!! I can’t say enough about how great this app is 🖤🖤🖤
Great
by ============================= on 2020/06/03 14:46
Great
Taoliver
by taoliver on 2020/06/03 14:41
Nice
Recommend!
by abscurr on 2020/06/03 14:10
Great app. Keeps things organized.
Free and awesome
by mikebizz on 2020/06/03 14:09
Saved all my photo
Love the app
by df4648 on 2020/06/03 13:11
Allows me and my wife to share a library however doesn’t always allow me to discard pictures across all devices when I delete out of google pictures.
very good.
by fgfcgfgghfyhdrhjvffuhh on 2020/06/03 13:10
it needs to stop saying how it uploaded a new picture. i keep seeing new little red dots that have the number “one” or “two”. everything else has done a really good job at what it’s supposed to do.
Google Photos
by URaButterfly on 2020/06/03 12:58
Great app. Very pleased with ease of use. Backs up photos quickly and easily. Love that I can view what happened a year ago or 3 years ago on the same day.
Improve
by زيزو305 on 2020/06/03 12:11
It needs more improvement in showing the memories
Best App
by NvstyB0y on 2020/06/03 11:33
I couldn’t ask for a better companion
Good
by Ali wineer on 2020/06/03 10:56
Great app
Best ever for cloud photos
by ChinnuMinku on 2020/06/03 10:51
Great features and unlimited storage
Free, Confusing, Photo App w Limited Sharing
by Grindawit on 2020/06/03 10:50
+ + Great place to store photos for Free, when reduced in quality.
+ + Easy to backup all your device photos in 1 place automatically.
- - Slow sync, sometimes next day to see pic sync to cloud.
- - Main issue is that it is super confusing, complicated, and restrictive when trying to share on social. *best used as storage since menu is limited.
- - - Example: Linkedin only shows up sometimes as a social sharing option when sharing pics frim iphone
Looking forward to upgrades. Supporting your growth and change.
Is Openseed a work around?
Photos dont give option for OS even with it installed on iphone
Len’s Photos
by MustangmanLen1972 on 2020/06/03 09:04
Fantastic Pictures And Making Them Live!!!! And Making Movies Out Of My Photos, All Awesome
Betterdayz
by deeze503 on 2020/06/03 08:26
Garza Family
Good job Google!
by ICDST2018 on 2020/06/03 08:19
Now, help me stay safe by notifying me when I come close to criminals that have been released, sex offenders... etc
Love it
by victoria71588 on 2020/06/03 08:07
I love this app it saves all my photos
Photo
by dargibson46 on 2020/06/03 08:00
Love google photos
by hgfghgccchii on 2020/06/03 07:53
Great
Descárgala
by La mejor calidad on 2020/06/03 07:16
Esta bien wey si lo la descargas, esta madre es gratis y esta genial porque te edita las fotos y te hace pelucos e historias chingonas 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Awesome apps
by owwh on 2020/06/03 06:40
Just the way I like it!
Google Photos
by Askuksia on 2020/06/03 06:35
Great app. Great features. Organising to Albums & importing shared albums can be better. Also, searching for stylized photos, videos, collages is rather unfriendly.
Best
by ddvs19 on 2020/06/03 05:12
Only best
Keeps all my photos and doesn’t take up too much storage
by amgrat on 2020/06/03 05:05
I love it the only thing I hate is that it takes forever to backup images and videos. Sometimes hours
Amazing Storage!
by 3kids&aMama on 2020/06/03 04:28
I love this app! I have had it for almost 5 years now and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! I love having the ability to look back and create movies from my own photos and share them with family!
Best of all the free photo apps
by Tennessee Tunes on 2020/06/03 04:05
Google has really nailed it with this app, it beats Apple‘s iCloud photos and Amazon photos hands-down.
Love it
by saiiii23 on 2020/06/03 04:03
Awesome App
J127845
by j127845 on 2020/06/03 03:40
Great!
SUPER USEFUL!!
by banechA on 2020/06/03 03:37
this app is very useful when u don’t have storage on iCloud it all backs up to here.
Google photos
by Puppy milo 123479 on 2020/06/03 03:35
Its a great app all my photos are backed up and secured
Photos
by bashirkhan on 2020/06/03 03:12
I live this app
Excellent App
by Mark Marietta on 2020/06/03 03:11
I don’t understand it but I like it.
Why don't you have this app yet?
by magqen on 2020/06/03 02:35
Perfect app for picture storage, especially if you're a picture hoarder like me. Love it.
Lol. The statement above is a review of google photo by google. It was already written when I clicked to rate the app.
Anyway, great app for backing up your pictures without having to worry about or pay for storage space. Would recommend.
So easy even grandma can use it
by Nixster82 on 2020/06/03 02:27
Great app. Facial recognition is spot on. Syncing is easy.
I love it😍😍😍😍
by Lady. Tee75 on 2020/06/03 02:21
Has been holding photos of mine for yrs! I will always have it!
Thank you
by El viejo borja on 2020/06/03 02:01
It is good to have you around!!
Yesss
by Aleida421 on 2020/06/03 01:58
I love this app. It really helps me clear storage and the backups don’t take a while unless you have a ton of photos. This is great 😊
Love it
by Ri0106 on 2020/06/03 01:47
Love it. Use it instead of paying for air cloud storage
google photos
by Pozz26 on 2020/06/03 01:31
Fun, fun, fun & a bit magic, as well!
The Best
by Nativegirl2 on 2020/06/03 01:25
I love I can pull them up on any computer!!!
Buena calidad
by bgcxdd on 2020/06/03 01:19
Me gusta
Part of my life now
by CashFan on 2020/06/03 00:36
What did I do before GP?! So easy to sync across all my Google ecosystem.
Good app
by HaDiny on 2020/06/03 00:26
Thank you for your app
Great but
by CygnusTheDuck on 2020/06/03 00:13
More privacy notifications.
LOVE GOOGLE PHOTOS
by MJR in CF on 2020/06/02 23:50
FANTASTIC APP, LOVE THE AUTOMATIC BACKUP, LOVE THE AUTOMATED COLLAGES THAT ARE PRODUCED AND I PARTICULARLY LOVE THE LOOK BACK FEATURE WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO REDISCOVER A DATE FROM THE PAST IN PHOTOS - MY FRIENDS ARE ALWAYS AMAZED WHEN I SHARE A COLLAGE OR A PHOTO FROM YEARS GONE PAST AND I’M ABLE TO PINPOINT THE DATE AND THE YEAR. FANTASTIC FUN. FANTASTIC APP!!
Suggestions
by CeeRrrBee on 2020/06/02 23:31
I love the face recognition even though it isn’t always correct.
I also like how it will suddenly surprise me and show some old photos.
I would like to be able to see all duplicates of a photo even if it has been edited.
Also, if I type in “horse” it would show all horses, etc.
Thanks
Convenient
by Keyslo on 2020/06/02 23:30
So convenient! Switching phones and was having trouble with backing up/iCloud. This was a lifesaver in saving all my pictures. Still use to keep storage in new phone open.
Crashes
by rondonunbanine on 2020/06/02 22:59
Great app currently i have no clue what’s happening but whenever i go to open the app it instantly crashes i dont even get to see my photos tried deleting and reinstalling doesnt help! Fix app asap!!
Google Photos is great!
by Nanafor7 on 2020/06/02 22:37
Google photos puts all my photos on every device.
Espectacular
by feo a madres on 2020/06/02 22:36
Es espectacular la aplicación la recomiendo
by Justine's Apple on 2020/06/02 21:41
Great google. Nice way of keeping photos.
I also like when you show places of a special save and able to make a movie and sent it to friends
Best App Ever
by FelicityH81 on 2020/06/02 21:33
Great place to store and still have my pics on my phone
Part of my life!
by Talismandan on 2020/06/02 21:33
I automatically back up to google using this app and I love everything that pops up in the “for you” section! Then and now photos, enhancements, effects, on this day (awesome reminder of your history in photos, and much more). I’m enjoying it tremendously! :)
Good App
by Namdhari Sports on 2020/06/02 21:16
Good app actually the best app to backup your memories. Thanks Google
best photo storage app
by eleganteliza on 2020/06/02 20:54
Couldn’t live without this. If my phone was ever lost, I would have all of my memories and it backs up very quickly. Essential
Úsala
by ALANKAZU on 2020/06/02 20:51
Sacale provecho es la mejor y fácil de usar
Library
by mallouke on 2020/06/02 20:27
Love it so much easier to surf the photos
Google for yourself!!
by K0achKC on 2020/02/06 11:18
I know most people use their smart phone’s camera to capture special moments & memories with loved ones and friends...which is great! And although, a significant 20-30% of my photo albums are as quintessential as ever...However the actual vast MAJORITY of my 256GB iPhone’s photo app memory is stock piled of screenshots I took freeze framing artistic gymnastics...as a full time gymnastics coach, I video my team girls doing skills everyday; so they can then go back and visually take in my corrections...screenshot-omg the freeze frames though have offered additional attention to certain problematic areas in their skill development and made my job a million times easier!! In addition to this freeze factor I’m able to while live feed is happening, and I have phone set to auto upload all photos to google daily, into google photos. I began google photos back before upgrading my phone to the maximum memory capability to use as free extra storage space. What I didn’t know know was what a gem I was creating over the years that was self-developing it’s own locating mechanisms as well! I use the google photos “search” bar AT LEAST 30 times a day and it works PERFECTLY. So not only does google photos store your photos in case we are left here without our apple devices in our own electronic dystopia...it ALSO HELPS YOU FIND THE PHOTO YOURE LOOKING FOR just by entering in information captured in the picture!! I AM OBSESSED❤️
Stores my photos as long as they are not 4K
by Auric Nova on 2018/05/29 00:51
It’s a bit confusing but what they are storing for me is pretty adequate for my needs. It would be nice to know I was storing the original quality but I don’t need another monthly bill besides Google Drive. It’s awesome the way they rotate some of the photos for you or give you that option. I wish they would do more in terms of the facial recognition so that you can correctly date some of your photographs were the dates were stripped in the uploading process which for me was a bit of a hellish experience because it crashed while uploading. I got past all that and everything I own is in my Google library I just don’t have them sorted properly. I’m hoping this will be done automatically in the future using the facial recognition technology otherwise I have to spend years fixing my library.
Another suggestion would be if they would show you your duplicates which are close to exact duplicates so that you can delete them on your own. Sometimes it appears to be refusing duplicates but it’s hard to tell exactly what Google is doing behind the scenes occasionally I’ll see a duplicate missing other times I find odd photos in my trash. It would be nice to know exactly what’s happening with them folders. Those are all my suggestions and why I don’t have five stars I appreciate the free storage in the meantime hoping I won’t have to go with higher quality photos in the future.
Best thing ever!
by Candle1986 on 2019/11/30 07:12
I’ve had ALL of my photos and videos from the last 10 years saved ONLY on my computer up until I discovered Google Photos. I can’t even tell you how stressful it is having all of your memories, from my wedding photos... to my kid’s entire childhoods..everything from birth to current day - all reliant on a device that is over a decade old. I swear I have nightmares about my computer malfunctioning and losing every last record of these memories disappearing for good. I have found such relief in knowing that everything I cherish from my past is now safe and easily accessible with Google Photos!
The feeling of security is priceless, (and free), but that’s just the beginning. Google Photos recognizes faces and is able to search for specific people throughout the many years. It knows my children’s ever changing faces from birth to now, which is amazing.. it puts together memories to look back on of this date from past years and has a super easy to use search system. I can search for events like “Christmas” or “Easter” and have every photo stored of those holidays from past years at my fingertips. For my Mom’s birthday I was able to put together a photo book by searching for photos containing - my Mom, my Mom and myself, my Mom and my kids.. This thing is a wizard!
No flexibility
by StaceyT6 on 2019/12/25 14:05
Google photos is an all or nothing app. Either it backs up all your photos, every single one, or none at all. Sometimes I use a screen shot as a quick reference for a few minutes then delete it from my phone, but then it’s still in the google account. It’s extremely frustrating to go back delete them from google, especially because that too is difficult to do. There’s no easy way to scroll through and delete quickly. You either have to view them from a small thumbnail and hope you’re not deleting something important or take a long time looking at each one and having to click multiple times to delete 1 photo.
I am trying to free up space on my phone so deleting photos is supposed to be the easy choice since I have them backed up to google. However it either gives me option to delete ALL of the photos off my phone or none at all. There are still plenty of pictures I would like to keep sorted in the folders I created on my phone for quick reference.
I’ve heard the argument “well they’re still on your phone you just have to open google photos instead of your regular photos.” This is of no use if you are somewhere with spotty or no internet connection. The app is not user friendly, the interface is not clean, and the way it sorts photos is of no real use to me. There should be extensive settings where I can toggle on and off different combinations of options.
Hands down best app for keeping & sharing life's most memorable moments
by MeghaMillie on 2017/10/03 03:13
Hands down, The best app for safe-keeping & family sharing of life's most memorable moments. Super easy to navigate all of the features like saving the all of the important details, like location, time & date, and captions of photos to share with others. As a busy, single mom of 2, this app is a lifesaver for me. I can share my children's milestones with family & friends with such ease so no matter how near or far they are, they can watch my babies as they grow. I have a closet full of craft & scrap book supplies that I have picked up here and there but with juggling my career and my 2 little girls, I feel I never get the chance to actually sit down, go through the pictures & videos, take a stroll down memory lane and bring all of my amazing Pinterest crafts to life. Google Photos has simplified the overwhelming fear of feeling like there's so many important details that I won't remember while scrapbooking my 2 girls. It simplified the task of going through and sorting my pics & videos I've backed up over the years and it's helped me to be able to organize and group memorable moments from their birth so that I can start to put these special books of their most memorable moments together.
Google Photos is the only way to go!
by Angel8606 on 2018/08/15 01:00
It’s the only way to go, if ya ask me! I know, ya ain’t asking, right? Okay, well that’s just fine, because I’m just-a-tellin! What I’m telling is that I love this App, because of so many things I won’t be able to list em all! Totally impossible! But I can share a few reasons why I love it so much! One is because of the option of assistant! When you choose this it gives you an option to save or dismiss the Apps, altered & filtered or maybe, brightened & cropped, or maybe, actually I can keep going but you get the Jist of what I’m sayin, right? You won’t believe the things assistant can do to your pics to make them look better or make them look like a work of art! You just won’t believe your eyes, or that you even took the pic in the first place once you see what all it can and will do! Lol woo-wee! I love this so much! Don’t waste your time with any other App out there claiming to do this or that! This one doesn’t have to claim anything, just open it up and Vola! Lol Art, Beauty, Imagination & I can keep going..... you already know! I’m going to stop here and let you see for yourself! The App speaks for itself! Plus I’ve spoken way to much as it is! Jeesh! Lol Y’all will have a blast and enjoy! I know y’all will! Lol Chow!
Be careful what you upload and store!!
by dmgreenw on 2019/11/21 22:21
Although I love the unlimited storage and ease of album making, sharing, and management there are freaky unexplained things that happen to photos you know were in your collection but suddenly are no where to be found! I mean no where, not in the trash, archive, or backup places that you set any where. Case in point, I took a picture of the back and front of my business Credit card so that I could refer to my account numbers when I needed to while it was in the possession of an employee. I did so many times. When I looked for it today it had just vanished! I was not in the trash, archive, or back up places and I had not done anything with it since I last checked it. I don’t know if I was hacked, Google automatically removes such things, or maybe Google pulled for their own uses as per the Usage agreement we all sign without reading. That was not the first time something mysteriously disappeared from my photo collection yet is was the most vital. You will see that things tend to disappear for no reason and you will think you are going crazy and all Google will say is, “Check your archive, trash, and back up settings.” All these suggestions are no help when something totally disappears for no reason. BEWARE!!!
Ok for folks that take social photos
by 16/50 on 2019/02/19 14:02
First, most of my computers are Apple, and I take a lot of photos with my iPhone. This Google app/ system is ok for users that want to take snapshots to post on social media. As an Engineer and technical craftsman, I can’t discern if there is any way to use it for these purposes. My requirements are for technical photographs showing processes and assemblies mainly to send to publishers (and to publish on-line) illustrations for engineering uses. From what I can determine, is’s not too good for that, although I have never purchased a “For Dummies” book and learned the full capabilities of Google Photos. However, I vastly prefer it over the Apple Photo program that takes control of all content, holds them hostage, and deletes them if you don’t want to play by their rules and pay their fees. I actually purchased a Windows-10 laptop for my phone and camera downloads rather than struggle trying to convert and download my pictures to something a user completely “Apple” can use. I do store my social photos ( family, weddings, and vacations, etc.) on Google Photos, simply because they separate them by date and Google doesn’t mess with them further. And, you can download photos to a thumb drive and take them to a corner drugstore photo printer and gets prints for Granny, something impossible with anything Apple.
I like it, BUT...
by adsitimray on 2017/09/20 13:16
I like Google Photos, but I wish their was an option under the "EDIT" tab, where I could add text or be able to write on the actual photo and be able to pick different colors, fonts, size of fonts and also underline, bold or put the text in italics.
Also, my email is also linked to my son's phone, since I don't want to set him up with his own email account, until he gets a little bit older, that means that the Google Photo app is also linked to his phone, since he takes photos too. It would be nice to have an option to put a password protection on the albums that photos of each person is under. For example, if the album is labeled "ME", I wouldn't want him clicking on the tab and see photos of his mother that he shouldn't be looking at and scar him for life. Lol! Also, it would even come in handy when parents let their children play on their phone and they stumble upon photos that their parents didn't want them to see. Since my son also takes photos, one other idea that I had would be that anytime he takes photos and Google Photos downloads them, that the photos would be categorized by the device it was downloaded from, but you would still be able to organize the photos into albums later. Thank you!
Love
by leiasgram on 2020/03/13 17:53
Love having all of my pictures in one places for the most part. I also love how smart it is and how the program can go through and recognize faces and group them together, if you name certain individuals. I’ve seen it work on pictures as young as baby photos to older pictures. Now that’s impressive!
If it isn’t sure if this person “A” is the same as “B”, then it will ask, “Is ‘A’ the same person as ‘B’ or different? You choose and it moves on to the next picture. Very simple, yet effective.
You can go through and label each person in each picture, even the blurring ones, so as to be sure that you remember everything. You can even edit and make changes to the picture once it has been added to Google Photos.
Anytime you need the picture, all you have to do is to share it or save it on your device again to reuse. 💜❤️💞 It is truly magnificent! Oh, and the automatic lifelike pics that it makes for you are awesome. You can make little photo album with pictures that you choose or allow the app to do it for you, or just switch one or two pics out here and there. You can print from the app and add a frame. I could just go on and on. Love this app! 🥰
10/10 Recommend!
by EIA101 on 2019/09/15 02:53
i got this app as a way to store photos and make albums, and it has not let me down. i can finally clear up space on my phone for other things while having all my photos in an easily accessible app. it’s very user-friendly. i love how it has gave recognition and makes mini albums for each person! also, you can make your own albums and share them by simply copying a link. google photos is linked to your gmail so you can access pictures and videos anywhere you’re signed in! another benefit is with imessage. you can easily attach photos that are not on your device just by clicking the google photos icon and selecting your images. another amazing feature is that the app recognizes pictures with a lot of writing. when syncing your camera roll to google photos, the app takes the pictures with writing/typing (like a report for school, old notes, etc.) and gives you an option to clear them from your phone, as you probably don’t need them anymore and they’re classified as junk.
google photos is an amazing app. it gives you options to create new albums, prints, movies, collages, and animations. this app is a must-have!
Wish All Assistants Were This Good!
by Goldy121 on 2020/04/04 01:47
I have really enjoyed Google photos, especially for the assistant feature. Every now and then I’ll get a notification that the assistant has created a little movie or collage from pictures I took 2, 3, even 5 years ago. It’s great because it usually creates something that you’d like to have but you just never get around to making. Seeing old pictures of a trip with family and friends, the family pet doing something quirky, or being reminded of a special occasion can make your day.
Candidly, I’m not a huge fan of the fact that Google has become this massive company with their hands in everything, but for utility apps like this there just aren’t many companies out there who have the time, money and imaginative software developers to create an app like this that actually makes it on to the App Store. For that reason I commend them. Now, if I could just figure out how to block every single move I make and web page I visit from them, I might just stop getting harassed by advertisements for things that I just searched for an hour ago on a completely different device connected to a completely different network!
Finally! Google, helping to create peace of mind when I run out of storage for my photos!
by Rockdez on 2018/04/05 16:51
This is the app I’ve been searching for! When I bought my iPhone 8 Plus, I purchased it in such a hurry that I forgot to tell the sales associate I wanted the highest storage iPhone. It was fine for the time being but, I needed to have a backup plan whenever I do happen to run low on storage space. I’ve been stuck with limited to no space available on my phone just a few months after purchasing it. I thought about possibly paying an online company like Box to backup my iPhone but trust is a big issue for me and I couldn’t get myself to take the next step in subscribing to some online account I barely knew. With Google Photos, I can now have peace of mind that my photos and videos will always be in one place safe and sound! Nothing bums me out more than to be at a concert and get a message pop-up during a video recording that I am running out of storage space. Now I don’t have to worry! I also really appreciate how Google Photos makes it easy to use and recommends albums and animations to save specific memories and moments! Best app ever! Totally worth the wait! :)
Excellent for photos, Videos are a STRUGGLE
by iPad3 in Mich on 2018/01/14 18:09
I am upgrading my iPad and have a library of photos and videos on the iPad and synced with iCloud. Download the Google Photos app and give it permission to access your pictures and it takes over. Could not be easier. Be sure to manage your iCloud upload capabilities on your device first and decouple the device from iCloud. This is relevant, I believe, because it has taken a week to synch up ~300 videos from the iPad to Google Photos and in the meantime new pics (from all apple devises sharing the same Apple ID) get shared around to each other making the Google Photos install a bit less straightforward. This is the second Saturday I have been working on this and am now down to roughly 30 videos to get over to Google Photos. Almost done! Bugs I have encountered are minimal, but the count of pics/videos to transfer over is not a reliable number and the "upload in background" setting is not available to me so the app runs in the foreground. I had to upgrade storage size at Google -- for a fee -- because I wanted to keep original resolution and now I am curios about how Google Drive may be useful but don't know if Google Drive and Google Photos "play nice" with one another.
Easy storage, fun features
by jamaicangel00 on 2019/03/27 03:09
Google Photos is so easy to use! There are so many settings that you can decide on, like whether or not you want photos to automatically be backed up or wait until you are on Wi-Fi. Then, you can have the app on your phone so that you can easily delete the pictures on your phone storage and always see the pictures in the Google Photos app. I personally have turned off photo back up on iPhone, and just use Google Photos. You can access Google Photos from a PC too. And while you’re taking pictures and videos while going to events, Google Photos will make creative designs in the background. So it will give you memories and reminders of what you were doing this day last year or three years ago. And then sometimes it’ll create a movie or animation from the pictures and videos that you’ve taken. It gives you the option to save those or share them if you’d like. And, if it sees that you are using your phone storage when it has already backed up those particular photos, it will make suggestions on groups of photos you can delete/archive from your phone’s memory. Good job Google, as usual 🙂
I love google photos
by Brother Gollum on 2020/01/16 00:23
This app really is both a major convenience, and a lifesaver. Whether you’re trying to combat the possibility that your phone might break and you want to salvage all of your photos, or an easy place to store and organize ALL of your photos, or just a way to save local space on your device, Google Photos is the perfect service for the job. I've taken thousands of photos as well and have still not needed to purchase any of the (cheap) extra storage offered by Google. The personalized photo recommendations, and suggested stylized photos are very well done, as well as the automatic grouping of albums by location (which you can turn off if you’d like your location of photos to remain unknown) , and ability to easily order photo books and photo prints in app. I can attest to the photo books looking good as well, as I have ordered one in the past. Can’t speak to the quality of the prints though, although I’m sure they're of a similar degree of quality. All in all, I have no complaints about Google Photos, and multiple praises of it. The fact that my honest review reads as an advertisement probably says a lot lol. Great app.
Can’t get rid of unneeded photos even though there’s a delete option, not organized, uses my storage
by azsedcgyhnjo on 2018/10/21 04:14
I admit it’s good for keeping photos backed up but I have another issue. There is a delete option for pictures and videos. I’m able to delete them, go into my trash, and delete forever but when I close the app and go back in, they’re all back. I’ve restarted my phone, made sure the app was updated, look up it up and couldn’t find anything. Pretty much everything I could do, I did. Point is, I’m in desperate need of storage and deleting thousands of really, unneeded photos is probably the best way to go. I don’t have many apps, just a lot of photos. My photos automatically back up so I don’t have a chance to go through them before they’re saved to my email. The app isn’t organized and nor are my photos. I go in to find photos that I may need and can’t find them. I’m sitting for hours before I find anything. I take lots of photos. I do a lot of photography and am one of those people who loves taking photos instead of living in the moment. I’m contemplating on just deleting the app and going on to use something else. Plus, it’s really buggy and slow. It’s constantly asking to “make space” and delete the pictures in my photo library. When I say no, it just keeps popping up every 5 to 10 minutes. Apple users, honestly just use photo stream. It’s a waste.
such a helpful and amazing app
by abi loves google photos on 2019/06/20 15:05
google photos is absolutely amazing. since i downloaded the app a few years back, it’s saved my life numerous times. i have very low storage on my phone and so I can’t have so many pictures in my apple photos app, but thanks to google photos, I can take as many pics as I want (and trust me I take a ton!) and then back them up to the app, and it will transport the uploaded pics to recently deleted. I don’t have to go through all my pics and see which ones were uploaded, google does it for me and it’s very efficient and easy. i definitely recommend getting this app if you take a lot of pics like me and have low storage. or even if you don’t have low storage, google photos stores your pics for you so if you don’t want all your pics in your phone’s photos app, you should definitely get this app. super helpful and really amazing. separates pics for you into location, and video, and you can make photo albums and collages. you can also sort people by face which is incredibly incredibly useful. all in all, this app is just a lifesaver and if you know me, you always hear me advertise for it.
Yes it rad! It’s better than face book for family photos and being able for all to use
by Jason Bryant 503 on 2018/11/29 13:23
It better than face book for family and the picture s are quality, I feel google is taking over the world but in a good way, I like the assistant and the effects I even like how they lay things out so I can explore and get better at my use of the systems. I use this and recommend it to everyone, yes I know it also tracking more and faster better with maps high pictures and how I use the google search, but I do admit google make so far everything better but ,invasive but so ar3 people This will make a market for phones cameras and other things we use may closed loop system for privacy, cloud for convenience, and we will see a market for towers and old laptops etc I think it’s cool, people need to learn and study it more so they understand what its purpose is and what it can do as in google ai photos computers tech, it amazing I just hope we do well with it and use it for all and communicate better and remember we need to collaborate with each other to make great photos like we have. It only invasive if the energy is negative . Thank you google 😊😉😎
Very good
by DIDE2020 on 2018/12/15 13:26
Very nice photo storage app, easy to use, and offer many options of pictures layout and searching. Ive got it a month ago, and between my iPhone and the windows google photos app I'm still finding new things I can do. But one thing I cannot do (or maybe I didn't discover it yet) is to check what pictures belong to an album. The pictures' description doesn't show it. All my 25,000, and counting, pictures are organized in albums. If I don't place my photos in albums every time I take them, there's no way I can find out which picture was last that I placed into an album. I used Flickr before and it was very easy to check this, not only from the description (that shows you exactly if a picture belongs to an album or not, sometimes I discovered I had pictures belonging to 2 albums so I removed it from one of them), but when you take new pictures, they are placed, by default, into an album named "auto upload", so that you know exactly what pictures do not belong to any album. I wish Google had this feature.....at least let us know from the description.
Otherwise, very happy with this app.
Great app
by Macorin on 2018/08/25 02:30
Google photos is terrific and they have certainly outdone Apple in the Photos app department. Sad that Apple can’t even make a better photos app than Google for their own devices. Google Photos has Apple Photos beaten in so many ways: 1) Google Photos shows camera info and even lets you edit the time of a photo. 2) Google Photos allows you to add descriptions to Photos. 3) Google Photos actually organizes your photos chronologically. Apple says they do in the Photos tab, but they don’t. They organize first by location than chronologically. It’s ugly. 4) Google Photos gives you a speed scroll up and down. 5) Google Photos allows for multi line album names. 6) Google Photos offers free photo storage (full resolution for Pixel owners) and (high resolution to everyone else). 7) Google Photos offers much nicer filters. 8) Google Photos has much better smart organization for their people, places and things Albums.
Google Photos is everything that Apple Photos isn’t. It still isn’t perfect, but at least it respects that people can think for themselves and offers many features that Apple Photos should, but doesn’t.
Amazing
by UTPhotog on 2018/05/05 14:53
I take a lot of pictures with my phone and with my SLR. I have a large extended family and lots of grandkids. I have 200,000 ++ digital photos dating back to my first digital camera in 2001. I have digital scans of old 35mm slides. All this has been sitting on my hard drive doing no one any good. I have uploaded each folder of photos on my hard drive onto GF. Each folder on my PC has become an album on GF. This resulted in the creation of hundreds of albums in GF. Once in GF, I then share each album with the appropriate people for that particular album. Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) is scary good. The facial recognition is awesome. It is able to recognize my brother at age 75 all the way down to age 8...automatically! Below age 8 GF needs my help sometimes. So finding all the photos of uncle Harry is a snap. Now all my kids have all the photos related to them on all their devices. All searchable by person, date, location, setting (beach, mountains, etc). They love it. I love it. All unlimited and free. I still keep my SLR RAW files on my PC, but I have now made all my photos accessible to family and friends. Simply amazing.
Best App/Program on the web!!!
by JohnnyComeHome on 2018/04/27 03:31
I was always worried about eventually losing pictures and have no memories of my life when photography went all digital. However, Google Photos solved that problem and it’s really astounding what it does for you automatically. I have a DSLR camera, and I was also worried that I would have to always take pictures from the phone or transfer them to my laptop, but no not only does Google give you unlimited storage, it automatically stores all the photos nicely organized albums from any device you own. Next they are hard at work putting together albums or special effects etc., something that would take you hours to complete if you even knew how! Honestly, I could do without many programs and apps, but the two of my favorite apps, Google Photos and Google Play Music are making me want to consider going with all Google products,laptop,cell phone,chrome cast etc. I have an I phone and while Google Photos keeps up with those photos, the I phone only has photos from when I started using the phone. Google photos keeps them safe and secure! Unbelievable App!
Can NOT go Back to Life Before Google Photos
by PJ Jackson13 on 2019/11/27 11:36
Seriously guys, I would hate to think of going back to life without google photos! Google Photos is one of those apps that you had no idea you needed in your life, but once you do, you can never go back to how you was doing things before🤩🤩🤩
I love having one place that can have confidence in knowing my photos are easily accessible from anywhere. Plus, being able to share photos of my grandson with my daughter and vice versa in the moment is priceless. My husband and I are always in two different places, but we are always working on the same projects and Google Photos has been a huge help in us being able to share photos, ideas, etc. that keeps our projects moving forward.
Lastly, although I could keep going, but since this is only a review, I am attempting to keep as brief as possible 😂 Back to lastly, the organization, tips, and ease of ordering is tremendously helpful! I am a huge Google Fan across the board, as many of the applications has just made everyday tasks so much simpler, so just giving a shout out and a big Thank You😀🙌👍
Organizes your visual life impeccably with little to no work on your part!
by Westpalmdrifter on 2018/10/07 04:48
Google photos does a very good job of backing up unlimited amounts of photos and videos for free. It doesn’t end there! Google photos does a great job of recognizing faces places and objects on demand. Another great feature about this app is the fact that one can go on a trip and within a day or two of returning, google photos has prepared a photo album that you can edit, caption, and add to based on the geo tag of each photo. As if all of that wasn’t enough, google photos allows you to edit your photos and videos within the app, save them, and then share a single photo/video or groups of them with friends or family via a web link. This gives you total control of what others see. The fact that google photos is secured with your Gmail address and password, means that you can login to view your photos practically anywhere you have an Internet connection. Best photo and video software I have ever used...in fact, everyone else is rushing to copy features already perfected here. Try it. You'll like it. Promise.
I love time is saves me in organizing my photos.
by Ahdfedn on 2020/05/13 12:12
I have taken photographs all my life and have thousands of pictures. People often ask me for pictures of loved ones that are no longer with us or for special occasions like my Daughters sweet 16 birthday. On google I have all my cellphone pictures and special events. For birthdays I like to run a slide show of that person life. All I have to do is select that person and I have an album of every picture I have taken of them.
I often need to search for an event but don’t remember what date it occurred. I do a quick search on google for people or places to find that event. I always have some cellphone pictures of the event where I can inspect that picture and get the information on when it was taken. I then search my computers hard drive for that file date to locate all my photos taken on that day.
Future requests:
My 35mm pictures are too many and large file sizes to upload all of them so I would love to be able to run googles face recognition on my computers hard drive and keep a low resolution copy of all my pictures in the cloud.
Beyond brilliant
by Beaver.A on 2018/11/28 14:43
Google photos is probably the most useful app I have ever downloaded. Everything is easy and seamless. Being able to search people or animals by their faces is an amazing feature that I use often. I love that google photos creates albums, collages and movies on its own for me. Sharing photos is perfectly simple. I really like the archive feature, it’s relatively new. It allows you to put photos in a separate folder that you might not need such as screen shots or other photos you’d want to hide from your regular photos. Another feature I’ve been appreciative of lately is ‘rediscover this day,’ it allows you to see photos you took in this day during previous years. I love this app. I tell all my friends and family to download it. Nothing else even comes close to what it can do. If anything I’d make a couple suggestions although I’m satisfied with the app without them. 1 - make a secret archive folder that can only be accessed with a password. 2 - allow users to create a custom collage (put the photos in the place they want rather than the app organizing them for you)
Features break over time + no support
by RawwrBag on 2018/10/31 17:45
I’ve used Google Photos since launch. It works fine at first but as the amount of metadata builds up, features start to break. First it was “sharing in progress; keep app open to finish” that would last for days at a time despite it appearing to complete immediately. Then one day it just stopped syncing edits, at all. Next it started failing to show new photos that had been downloaded locally and not yet uploaded. Around this time it also started uploading duplicates of things. At some point during all of this, assistant creations began failing to save. They would show up again every time I opened the app. Shortly after, it stopped showing new assistant suggestions and only the old “stuck” ones that I couldn’t clear or save. Somewhere along the way, it halved the number of photos it was tracking for backup from 3,000 to 1,500 without me deleting anything locally or freeing up space. Reinstalling the app fixes some but not all of these issues, and only for awhile.
Buyer beware. You’ll get hooked by all the cool features and then it’ll start to fall over.
Also, there is absolutely no support whatsoever, which is sad because I actually bought extra storage for the service. I’m a paying customer and there is literally no way to contact Google about any of my issues.
Great but VERY SLOW
by LilGohan on 2018/11/29 00:20
I cannot think of a more useful app like this day to day. I have a 64GB iphone and my friends always flex on me because they have 256 GB or whatever. Now i flex on them because i have UNLIMITED STORAGE!!! I can truly say this app is a miracle worker, because otherwise, I would have to upload my photos to icloud where my ENTIRE family could see, but now there is this. The app is great but it is VERY slow. I have about 3000 photos to back up, and I expected it would take maybe 1-2 days. I even tried to not take anymore photos until it backed up fully so I don’t overload it or anything. Boy was I wrong, it has been 2 WEEKS!! AND I STILL HAVE 300 photos to back up. For some reason, the number keeps glitching, even though I’m not taking photos, the number sometimes keeps going up. One day I’m down to only a 150 photos to back up, a minute later, I have 291 photos to back up. I understand it may just me my slow phone, but this should be compatible with all users. I decided to upgrade just for this reason, and if it doesn’t work then, I will give it a 3 star rating, if it works, I will change my rating to a 5! Thanks Google!!!
Collages are easy; make them better
by Judy Kotar on 2018/10/07 06:46
I'm preparing educational collages of many species of trees: full height, and closeups of leaves/needles, flowers/fruits or cones. Examples are larch, basswood, katsura. I choose the same 3 photos or 4 photos repeatedly in hopes of getting the specific arrangement I want. If there are 3 views, I want the full height of the tree to be the full height of the collage. Sometimes the app won't give me that. I wish I could see a set of diagrams. Suppose I select a diagram with 3 vacancies. I want you to label them first, second, third. The first photo I select goes in position #1, then #2, etc. If I want the biggest picture verticle on the left side, all I have to do is choose the right diagram, note the number in the tall box, and tap the tall tree when I get to that number. I think it's logical to name the biggest box #1. I'm not asking for ability to select the dimensions of the boxes; I like what you have now. I'm not asking for new diagrams; you already offer a full set with 2, 3, or 4 photos. If someone selects more than four photos, they should accept whatever arrangements the app currently offers. The permutations & combinations are too numerous.
Solid photo app
by Shurman292 on 2018/04/23 22:12
I’ve been using google photos for over two years now and it has been an innovative, reliable way to backup photos and videos. The search feature is magic. There’s no other way to describe it. I searched for “headset” and a picture from five years ago popped up with me in the front seat of a small airplane with a headset on...it also somehow correctly recognizes people from birth to adulthood. I don’t know about you, but I look nothing like I did when I was two years old.
There are a couple improvements I would suggest though. First, editing photos could be significantly more robust. It currently has all the basic editing features you would find in most default phone photo apps. Second, a more clear, innovative organization method would be very handy. As it stands, I have tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of photos all arrayed in a vertical flow with the months/years denoted along the side. Perhaps the option to automatically organize/rearrange into (gasp) folders by year, event type (wedding, vacation, etc) or person and other categories. Just a thought.
Great Over 50 App
by Kit-Kat Tunes on 2018/04/22 15:11
Generation X and Baby Boomers have some say in this World of Technology! Typically we purchase the iPhone with less memory space available because let’s face it, “we’re not that techie”. What we fail to realize we’re going through that stage of life with the plastic pull-out wallet photo album our grandmothers use to whip out on everyone, strangers on public transit included. The only difference, our whip-out photo album is on our cell phones. Suddenly you realize with all those photos and videos of the family, and your memory capacity notifications have you wishing you had bought the phone with more memory!
THANK YOU GOOGLE PHOTO APP! You have saved the day! I can store my plastic photo flip-out album now on my Google Photos and have memory to spare! The navigation on the app is so simple for all us “not so techie” 50+ people. The document archive is a great feature too. No more searching through photos for those paid bill screenshots. I also love the photo editing suggestions, considering I’m not a professional photographer.
This App is a must for all 50+!
Serves it purpose
by TLesiak on 2018/12/04 16:52
I ran out of space in my iCloud and had to find something to back up my photos. I use Google for most everything else so it made sense to use it for photos. I like that you can access the photos, along with all the other Google products, while logged into my google account. It automatically uploads pictures I’ve taken onto my phone and when I need to free up space on my phone I can choose that option in google photos. It’ll send all of the pictures uploaded to the deleted file on my phone. There are a lot of photo products out there that have an option to upload photos directly from Google Photos like Shutterfly or even choosing pictures to have printed at your local Walgreens. The only complaint is that I wish it didn’t take so long to load the pictures and when you first click on the photos, it’s a bit pixelated so it takes a while to clear up. Although, it does hold a lot of pictures for free so I’d rather it continue to be free than those complaints be corrected and pay a fee for faster/more storage.
Infinite room for pics
by abjester on 2020/02/10 01:25
Everyone knows when you back your pictures up in iCloud it uses some of you allotted 5gigs in the process. I use Google Pics and the app is like magic. It just vacuums up my pictures and videos, saves them, all completely behind the scenes automatically. The one hook is you must store them at a SLIGHTLY less resolution for the back ups to not take space off your google drive cloud server. Personally I can not tell any difference and for my purpose Google Pics does everything I need to keep all my pictures safe. The App is free and I've been backing up my pictures does years with no problem. A one second down load and whatever picture you want will appear in your camera roll on your device.
If you have lots of pictures that need backing up you can use up all your iCloud room and have to buy more space OR back them up using google's server and have all the space you need.
You can back up in original form also it just counts against the 15 gigabytes of space Google gives you with your account.
Does the work for me
by Ditjk on 2019/03/12 15:43
My family and I started using Google photos as a way for us to share all the pictures we capture when we’re together and soon realized it’s a great way to share photos from when we’re apart as well. I love how easy it is to share photos and albums. Works really well with my iPhone and allows me to keep my storage space on my phone freed up for more photos!
Another cool advantage to this photo sharing platform is the stylized photos and movies it randomly makes and suggests. I only wish I knew how to make a stylized photo or action photo on my own.
Google photos allows you to save and search by faces and places. This includes even searching for your dog! It’s a little scary how it makes a movie of “They grow up so fast” which is a compilation of photos of my baby from infancy to toddlerhood - how does it know it’s the same kid? Incredible and freaky.
In summary; I recommend Google photo to everyone that’s looking for an app to save and store photos. It’s incredibly simple to use and does the work for you.
You get what you pay for, and this is free.
by Kracka lohsious on 2020/03/23 01:41
Save yourself now and have nothing to do with google photos. Seriously the worst and least user friendly app for photo sharing. It takes 10 min to upload a 1min video to the cloud on high speed internet. Ridiculous. Also it doesn’t separate your “uploaded photo/video” from the photo video it’s viewing off your actually phone so if you’re not careful you could accidentally delete photos thinking they’re on google cloud and they never actually uploaded. Lastly if you ever decide you want to delete google cloud and have no connection with it good luck because it is a long process to delete all your photos from the cloud and disconnect your photos from the account. It raised my blood pressure and ruined an entire day for me. No wonder it’s free. I’ll stick with Icloud. You get what you pay for at least. On icloud i could upload over 3K photos and videos before google cloud could finish uploading a couple of 60 second videos clips. This app is a joke. No idea how it has such high ratings. Maybe people only use it for uploading a few photos to share. If you have hundreds of photos to upload and share you could get them devolved and sent to the person in the Mail before google photos would finish.
Amazing
by gator101gator on 2018/10/13 16:31
If you just use the “High Quality” upload size setting, you literally get storage for unlimited amounts of photos. And by unlimited, I really mean unlimited. I currently have over 5000 photos in storage and I’m constantly adding more with 0 downsides. Plus, being able to access your photos (as well as being able to download them) from basically ANY device that can access the internet is a huge benefit! Couldn’t recommend this enough for anyone that either has a ton of photos and videos and just want a backup for all of them and/or have storage capacity issues on their devices due to the amount of photos stored on it. All you have to do is have a Google account (i.e. have a Gmail account), log in to Google Photos, download the photos to it, and after it’s done backing up all your photos, you can then delete them all from your device and still keep all those photos and videos as well as be able to access them from basically anywhere! Amazing app and cant recommend enough!
Better than Apple Photos
by Lazziza on 2019/02/06 21:50
I am wondering why I never utilized this app BEFORE now? I love that it connects photos from my iPad and my iPhone IMMEDIATELY... unlike Apple. In real-time photos from my iPad, iPhone and MAC are all uploaded seamlessly without me ever thinking about it. Apple products can be connected to WiFi and not operate any where near that efficiently. Not to mention the fact that I need to pay out-of-pocket for iCloud storage to protect my precious photos on their devices. For years I’ve panicked if my photos weren’t backed up, hoping nothing would happen to my device until I could afford to pay for my cloud fees again. Now I never have to worry about that ever since Google has tons of storage! Google has me covered for FREE too! & *IF* it can get any better, every time I open the app there are new stylized pics, collages, and animated photos that Google has created for me! It makes my job easier and preserves memories in ways I may have never thought twice about. I highly recommend this app, and I consider it a MUST HAVE.
Fantastic way to liberate your iPhone
by publicrick on 2018/10/08 00:56
No room for the latest iOS update? You probably are like a certain friend of mine who takes pictures of everything and texts pics of every meal she eats when traveling to new places. Your photos are great, but they are hiding out in text AND photo storage. Why do you need them in both places? In fact, with this app you don’t need them on your phone at all! If you are cool with Google knowing almost everything about you, which it probably already does, then have no fear! This will solve your storage problem and make room for stuff you need on the phone.
Set-up takes a while if you have multi-gigs of photos. Let it do its job and follow the Assistant’s guidance. Once done, install the latest iOS to see what you’ve been missing.
One shortcoming I haven’t found an easy workaround for: if you are already in a text or mail and want to send an older picture, it’s not easy to browse through your photo library in Google from within the mail app.
Great with caveats
by kiwiyamagushi on 2018/09/05 18:10
The user experience in general is pretty straightforward and useful. Photos automatically get updated into google pictures and then they have a feature that helps delete photos on our phone. Great. I believe I could even teach my mom this, which is saying a lot. This is where they fall flat, all the suggestions with collages and animations cover the useful feature of cleaning up photos. It just confuses some users (for example, older adults) and makes them hesitant to press anything and turns them off from using it. Perhaps they should move that as an extra setting and not part of the mAjor automatic experience. Second, the shared album is separate from albums which also confuses older users. I think if they could clean up the “bells and whistles” they would reach a broader audience, but also if they have a broader audience current users would probably be more active since then they could really take advantage of shared photos. The logos without text can also be confusing for some users. So overall really great concept, but the user experience can be fine tuned to really be easy to use.
5 star app with a horrible, incredibly aggravating flaw
by eltolltoll on 2020/01/07 04:06
This is hands down a 5 star app, without a doubt. I’ve turned on so many people to using Google Photos as a means for backing up their photos over any other cloud storage out there. It’s functional, free, and versatile.
There’s one problem I’m having with it though that seems like a big that could be fixed, and I would love to have this issue fixed. It’s been an issue ever since I’ve been using Google Photos for the past five years. The issue it when you search for photos, say a specific date, or an object, like “dog”, it does a brilliant job at finding all your photos with just what you searched BUT forget scrolling farther than two or three scrolls. For some reason when you try to scroll further to look for photos, it bounces back up to the top. All. The. Time. It’s extremely aggravating when you’ve scrolled far enough to find what you were looking for and then it bounces all the way back to the top again.
Please fix this once and for all Google!!! I’d love to give this the five stars it deserves, but this is becoming a headache so much so lately I’ve contemplated using different apps now for my photos.
Surprised how good yet not generally known by others
by TCMark on 2018/09/08 05:12
This app pretty much does it all, as the best backup app I’ve found and it’s creative Assistant. I’ve yet to run out of backup space and I have a ton of photos and videos. I don’t know how or why that works so well, but why pay for online backup space if you can use Google Photos?
The Assistant suggests ready-made albums, makes movies, creates stylized copies of some of your beat shots, and even brings back memories from years past to see again.
About the only thing I don’t like is how fast it backs up your photos if you leave that feature turned on. So if you haven’t had time to delete some of the photos you don’t want to keep in your phone’s Photos folder, Google Photos will have already backed them up. Then it’s a little cumbersome to synchronize what you want to save.
It also backs up your media on multiple devices, which is very handy because you can view all of those photos and videos in one place.
This is definitely a sleeper 5-Star app!
Great App
by Audioxnant on 2019/03/25 20:13
I just hope Google don’t hold my life in pictures as some kind of ransom, later on down the track. Google can be bought and sold right? Along with all my data. Putting faith in a company like this is a huge deal but they are not a country. They have no governing body that is connected to the people so... when you hand over your life in pictures, your facial details and all of your friends faces, places and times are essentially owned. There will be AI that will find patterns in people’s experiences gathered from this data that will be used to manipulate people in ways that we can’t imagine and probably won’t notice. And I know all this and yet the app makes it easier for me to enjoy the thousands of pictures that I’ve taken in my life. It uses algorithms to sort and make use out of all these captured moments. It’s really wonderful. So google you can have my pictures and data and the ability to manipulate me in some kind of emotional bliss, in exchange for this awesome service! Game-changer.
let’s put a lock on it
by garrettpaulmoore on 2018/11/18 03:21
Seriously, the app is great and continues to store and store my pictures and videos and has for several years without any issues. One thing I would love to see in the very very near future are some locking features. Initially, a password/passcode that can be turned on to enter the app itself. And then the ability to lock specific albums without having to go through and hand select single items to archive them. The archive works great but if I want to keep multiple item together for easy access, it makes more sense for me to keep them in an album together, which is easily accessible to anyone with access to the app. If we could make the app and also the albums themselves password sensitive, this would change up the game for Google Photos.
Also, facial recognition and face grouping have not been working lately on one of my accounts but work fine on another account. Weird.
Love the app. Thanks for storing all my junk for so long. GooPho, you’re the GOAT
Excellent App, but Some Improvements are Needed
by samelnicomposer on 2017/12/11 18:00
I like how easily Google Photos backs up my photos from many devices, organizes them by person (and pet), gives suggestions for changes and archival, and for making photo books! There are two improvements that it could really use, though:
1) The movies are really bland and boring, especially when compared to the iOS Photos app. It’s just a basic slideshow and the music cuts off suddenly at the end. Automatic effects, panning, and music that at least fades out would be excellent.
2) More feedback for grouping people and pets. Much like how facebook works, being able to tap a face that hasn’t been identified and identifying it would be so helpful. It would help Google learn what faces it has trouble recognizing and make sorting the photos even better.
Other than that, this app is absolutely incredible. It has a clean, easy layout and the free storage is perfect for everyday use. I would love to see this technology used with a digital picture frame to display photos because of how well it sorts and edits them.
Brilliant!
by Larsenv on 2017/09/17 16:09
Google did an outstanding job at making a service where you can back up as many photos as you want and share them with your friends and family. In fact, this is the best service I've seen to do the job! Even though the picture quality isn't what it originally was, the photos are still in high quality.
You can use the backup & sync app on your computer to sync your whole Photos library to Google Photos, which I've done and works well. I saved a ton of space on my iPad by syncing everything to Google Photos via this app, so if you're running low on storage this is an app that can save you.
The awesomeness doesn't stop there! You can comment on photos, add locations, and best of all - you can use keywords to search pictures in your whole library! So if you want to find pictures of your dog in your library, you just search "dog" and a bunch of dog pictures magically come up! No tagging is required! Of course it's not perfect, but I've tested it with different keywords and it's still well done.
One more thing, you can easily tag images by faces. Just enter the person's name and it'll automatically associate all pictures with them! The face detection is really good, and still finds photos with the same face if a kid is maturing.
This service is a masterpiece, and it's a safe place to store all your photos. They pictures are automatically marked private unless you share them, so you don't have to worry about privacy concerns. Google Photos is a must-have app.
Review update 2019, don’t get rid of this app
by Itzazme on 2019/07/27 16:47
I don't know what I would do with out this app! I have been using google photos for over 12 years. (That's on three children and 10+ bdays a year.) In the beginning I uploaded my photos that I wanted to keep. So I did miss a lot of photos not uploading when I lost a phone, but ever since they started automatically uploading photos from my phone, if (when) my phone went bad, I didn't have to worry because my memories were already in google photos! Even better, now that you can give google photos permission to delete already uploaded photos, my phone has tons of memory. Plus my pics quality are good enough, I have been able to get some of my photos printed onto 16x20 canvases too. I can say so much. But I'll end with forget iCloud or Dropbox, why would you use anything else while Google offers Google Photos and so much more with goodie Drive? Literally I love it, I depend on google way to much to help me keep storage of all my data.
So many issues
by EBee1999 on 2018/08/05 23:17
I'm very frustrated with this app because I downloaded it to help me with the storage issues on my phone, but it's giving me separate issues of its own! The app says "backup complete" at the top of the page, but many of my pictures still have the white arrows going in circular motion. When I access google photos on the desktop, those items do not show up. I spent hours looking it up in forums and trying to fix it based on all the recommendations in forums, but nothing is helping. Only when I manually select the items and click "back up" do the arrows disappear, and it is irrational for me to sit there for hours selecting the items one by one when the app is supposed to do this automatically! On top of that, the app does not back up my videos. I really wanted this app to be worth it and to work for me and I'm very disappointed that it's not. Now I have to seek another solution and waste even more time worrying about this. At this point I'm not even sure if I should trust this app or continue using it, and I would not recommend it to friends with the issues I've been having!
Save your energy and don't get this app!!
-To Google: if I am contacted and the issues are fixed then I will change the review ..
Love it. But one problem
by kittenzmeoww on 2019/09/02 05:02
I’ve been reading on a bunch of forums that so many people are having the same problem as what I’m having right now. It stopped backing up when it got to my videos. I’ve done EVERYTHING I’ve seen online to fix it. I’ve done everything that a google one personnel has told me to do. I even got my case sent to a higher management/tech person/people and I did what they asked me to do as well and nothing has worked.
Out of the blue yesterday I realized that my videos are backing up maybe 5-10 a day. And I still have nearly 1500 videos left so that’s literally going to take me MONTHS to get these finished backing up and quite frankly, I’m over it. I need to get everything off of my phone so I can reset it and start over. And I refuse to lose these photos because they’re of my daughter growing up.
So that is literally my only problem with this app. You guys need to fix the bug that causes the backup process to freeze. And apparently this has been happening for a year or so, maybe more. So please, PLEASE! Fix this problem!!!
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