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Google Photosis arguably the company’s best product.
It’s chock full of powerful, fun, and super convenient features to make your life easier.
you might choose to have photos of anyone automatically shared with someone else.
For example, any photo you take of your child could be shared with your partner.
Google Photos detects the faces and does all the hard work for you.
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One easy way to use less storage is toadjust the backup quality.
There are two upload size options on most devices.
Choose which best fits your needs.
There may be some photos and videos you’d like to keep from prying eyes.
That’s where the “Locked Folder” comes in.
The feature iscoming to iPhones as well, but it’s not yet available as of August 2022.
It’s a fun feature… until it’s not.
You canhide people, pets, and even specific datesfrom showing up in your Memories.
It can be annoying to constantly keep adding new photos and videos to your albums.
Why not let Google do it?
“Live Albums” are special albums that tie into Google’s face detection feature.
Swiping through a massive album can be tedious, which is why Google Photos has a slideshow feature.
The slideshow optionis available in the Google Photos mobile apps and on the desktop website.
Sit back and enjoy!
A fun way to look back is with the"I’m Feeling Lucky" button.
Yes, it’s not just for Google Search.
It will bring up photos and videos around a theme, such as “basketball” or a location.
However, it’s not a great idea to have all your eggs in one basket.
You should occasionallymake local backups of your Google Photos albums.
The good news is Google makes this super easy to do.
You’ll get a ZIP file with all of the contents.
Adjusting backup quality is one way to save storage space.
Another way is to use thebuilt-in storage management tool.
The storage management tool makes it easy to see what stuff is taking up the most space.
It organizes your media by size, screenshots, blurry photos, and more.
You don’t have to do so much work combing through your photos to make space.
You might think you better download your photos and upload them to a printing service.
Actually, it can all be doneright from Google Photos.
Your creations can be picked up in participating retail stores or mailed directly to your home.
