Google Photos’ unlimited storage benefit ends on June 1. Google announced in November last year that it would end unlimited storage benefits. The change means that users who want more storage than their Google account’s 15GB limit (divided into Google Photos, Drive, and Gmail) will have to purchase additional storage. Previously, Google Photos users had the option to store unlimited “high” quality photos (compressed to under 16MB) in the cloud for free, but this feature will no longer exist as of June 1.
If you’re still far from the 15GB storage limit, this change won’t impact you right away. Google account users will start receiving notifications once their storage space starts approaching 15GB. It’s important to note that “High” and “Fast” quality photos (further compressed) and videos backed up before June 1 will not count toward your Google account storage limit, so for many of us, storage should be marked empty at this time, although new photos uploaded at this quality level will now count toward storage. Of course, photos backed up in “original” quality before June 1st will count toward your Google Account storage.
Use Google Storage Management Tools
If you need to free up some space in your Google Photos account, you can use the storage management tool from Google. Go to photos.google.com/quotamanagement In your browser, you’ll see different options for clearing space in your account.
You can view and delete blurry photos, large photos, screenshots, and clean up your Gmail Drive through the storage management tool.
Free up storage space with Google One
Another thing to do is to free up some storage space in Google Photos and stay within the 15GB limit of your Google account. To delete unwanted photos and videos from Google Photos, download the Google One app, sign in with the same Google Account as Google Photos, and go to the Storage tab. Click Free up account storage space. Storage Manager will provide different solutions to free up storage space and help you stay within the 15GB limit.
Google also said it will also launch a new free tool that will let users find blurry, dark and other low-quality photos, helping users delete them and stay within the 15GB free storage limit. The tool will be launched in June. Make sure to use this tool and delete unwanted photos.
Purchase storage through a Google One or Apple One subscription
Once you reach your storage limit, you can subscribe to Google One or Apple One, depending on which phone you have. iPhone users can subscribe to Google One, but to subscribe to Apple One, you need an Apple device.
Google One price starts at Rs. 120 per month, providing 100GB storage space. If the user wants 200GB of storage, Google One membership costs Rs 1,000. 210 per month, the 2TB storage plan costs Rs. 650 per month. The annual plan is priced at Rs. 1,300 rupees 2,100 rupees. 6,500 respectively. Other apps like Dropbox, OneDrive, etc. also offer cloud storage subscriptions, but if you are a frequent user of Google products, subscribing to Google One makes the most sense.
In addition to the extra storage, Google One also offers the ability to automatically back up your phone for easy replacement and helps you connect with experts to better resolve complaints. It also offers Google Store Rewards and Google Play Points. Users can share their Google One plan with up to five family members and get long-term free trials of services like YouTube Premium.
Apple users can also subscribe to Google One on their iPhone or iPad, or choose to store their subscription with Apple One or iCloud. There are two Apple One membership plans in India: Individual Plan and Family Plan. The individual plan is priced at Rs. It’s $195 per month and comes with 50GB of iCloud storage, plus subscriptions to Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade. The family plan is priced at Rs. 365 hours per month, 200GB of iCloud storage, access to five members, and Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade subscriptions.
The basic iCloud storage plan starts at Rs. $75 per month for 50GB of data. rupee. 219 per month you get 200GB data, while Rs. The 749 plan offers 2TB data.