How to save pics to google photos

Google Photos is more than a normal gallery app as it offers cloud storage for photos and videos. In addition to that, it also provides unlimited cloud storage for users who wish to upload their multimedia content in high quality.

Almost all Android smartphones come with Google

Photos app pre-installed on the smartphone. However, if you are an iPhone user, you must be aware that iCloud offers a limited amount of cloud storage space. That’s where Google Photos comes in handy by allowing users to move all the photos taken using an iPhone and here’s how to do it.

Before starting with the steps, first head to Apple App Store and download the Google Photos app on your smartphone.

Now, assuming you have downloaded the Google Photos app

1.

Open Google Photos app on your iPhone

After this, login into Google Photos using Google Account. Do note that the app may ask to login at the time of setting up the app. Once logged in, tap on Backup mode and choose the option High Quality to get unlimited storage space.

If you are looking to sync all your photos and videos including the one saved via third-party apps like Instagram, WhatsApp, etc leave rest of the settings as it is. In case you just want to save photos and videos taken using phone’s camera, tap on Backup folder and choose the folders you want to sync.

Now, head back to Google Photos home page and wait for the app to sync your data. Also, make sure to connect your phone with Wi-Fi to save your data or any other additional data charges.

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Top Comment

Hosie McCarroll

642 days ago

Once I’ve downloaded all pictures and videos into Google app do I need to delete pictures and videos that were stored in photos app in order to clear iCloud space?

Download a single photo back to your device

1. Open any photo at Google Photos.

2. Tap the 3-dot menu or swipe upwards.

3. Choose Download. If the photo is already on your device, the option will not appear.
   On my Android device the photo is saved to DCIM/Restored and in Google Photos shown in Camera.

Download multiple photos back to your device

When you used "Free up space" all photos are still in the Photos tab of Google Photos, but the folder structure is lost.
When photos were uploaded with setting "Storage saver" (or former "High Quality") the original is also lost.

On iPhone or iPad

• • On iOS you can select multiple photos > use the Share button > Save to device.
    See also https://support.google.com/photos/thread/86166997

  • You can also use iTunes.

On Android (and some also on iOS)

• • On Android there is no option to transfer multiple photos from Google Photos back to your camera roll.

  • You can go to https://photos.google.com/ on the phone, select several photos, tap 3-dots > Download.
    They will be saved as a ZIP file, for example in the "Downloads" folder, where you can "extract" them.

  • You can "Share" selected photos with Google Drive and download from there, but that will probably double the storage used by the photos. Therefore not recommended.
    Similarly you can share with "File manager +" when you install that app, and download to the folder you want.

  • You can use Google Takeout: go to https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout in a browser
    You will also get lots of .json files which you can delete. I recommend to try with a small album to start with.

    • Deselect all products, then select Google photos

    • Tap "All photo albums", then deselect all

    • Select an album, for example "Photos from 2022", and tap OK

    • Scroll down till the end and tap "Next step"

    • When settings are OK, tap "Create export" and wait till ready

    • When ready tap "Download" and Unzip

  • You can download the photos on a computer, connect the Android phone with the computer (USB cable) and copy the photos to the device. See https://support.google.com/android/answer/9064445.

  • See more options on https://www.wikihow.com/Transfer-Images-from-Computer-to-Mobile-Phone

  • You can use the Google One app once to restore the 200 most recent photos.
    See https://support.google.com/photos/thread/84975423

Also note that it is not really safe to delete from your device without making an extra backup. See this article.

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