Starting today – that is June 1 – Google Photos no longer offers free cloud storage for your pictures and videos.
Google Photos is a great gallery app with a ton of cool features. But more importantly, it is also an online storage solution to keep your photos safe in the cloud and is accessible on any other device by just signing in to your Google Account. But what set it apart was unlimited photo storage. Well, as they say, every good thing must come to an end. Starting today – that is June 1 – Google Photos no longer offers free cloud storage for your pictures and videos. “As of June 1, 2021, any new photos or videos you back up in High quality (now named Storage saver) or Express quality will count toward your 15 GB of Google Account storage,” says the official Google Photos support page. Starting today, every photo you click and sync on the cloud will take up some storage that will be counted towards the 15GB of free Google Drive space that is awarded to every person with a Google account.
