

Google Photos vs Amazon Photos: which cloud storage giant is the best?.Similarly, owners of the Pixel (2016) will retain their unlimited storage capacity for original quality photos. There is one exception to this – users of Google Pixel phones (from the Google Pixel 2-5) will continue to receive unlimited free storage for high quality photos. So if you’re a happy snapping smartphone photographer, you could soon find your free allowance maxed out.

Google Accounts will still come with 15GB of complimentary storage space, but any new images uploaded will count towards the total – whether they are ‘high’ or ‘original’ quality.

Users could upload as many snaps as they liked – including their entire smartphone camera roll – and it wouldn’t count towards the 15GB storage capacity that comes with their Google Account.įrom 1 June 2021, that’s no longer the case. Why is this significant? Google previously offered unlimited free storage space for ‘high’ quality images.
