Google Photos: How the service changes and how to get more space

Starting today, Tuesday, June 1, Google changes its photo storage service in the cloud. Google Photos, which until now allowed an unlimited number of images to be stored for free on the company’s servers, will begin to count each file up to a maximum limit, so we explain what will happen to your photos from now on and how you can keep saving them without problem.Google Photos: How the Google photos service changes starting today and what we can do to get more capacity From June 1, all Google Photos users will have unlimited storage as so far, to only have 15 GB. In addition, the space taken up by photos will also be detrimental to that reserved for files and documents stored in Google Drive and emails stored in Gmail.How Google Photos worked so farGoogle announced this news months ago precisely because it will have a significant impact on everyone those who have so far used the Google Photos platform to have a backup of all the photos taken with their smartphone. Until now, in fact, the Mountain View house offered an interesting service: it slightly compressed the images on the phone roll to make them less bulky while maintaining acceptable quality, and it stored the result on its servers. All of this happened for free and unlimited, and allowed millions of people to recreate huge digital albums without having to worry about subscribing to additional services or worrying about running out of space. The new rules as of today June 1 This will no longer be the case. from today.Photos already stored on Google’s service will not count towards the platform’s rule change, but all uploads after June 1 will erode the 15-gigabyte space limit that is given to each user of Google. The cloud space in question is also shared with all Google services: from Gmail to Documents, so deciding to upload an additional photo album means sacrificing memory even for your files or your email inbox, which once full will no longer be able to receive new emails Additional space for a fee To avoid situations that could compromise the personal and work life of users, there are two ways to expand the space for the photo service and the rest of Google services: The first is to start limiting the use of Google Photos, carefully deciding which photos are worth saving in the cloud and which are kept only in the memory of the smartphone or perhaps, by making a backup copy on the home computer or other services; The second is to use Google One, Google’s subscription service that, among other things, offers additional space in the cloud with different options since we can get 100 gigabytes for € 1.99 per month, 200 gigabytes for € 2.99 per month. month or 2 terabytes for 10.99 euros per month.