The tech giant has confirmed to Android Police and The Verge that future Pixel phones won't have unlimited free Google Photos backup even at high quality. For Google Photos users outside of the Pixel family, the storage benefit will also be tweaked after June 1, 2021.
This means all existing Pixel phones, and the ‘ones sold right now' will be the last ones to get the unlimited Google Photos storage benefit at the high quality setting (unlimited original quality backup was removed with the Pixel 3a and Pixel 4). The company has confirmed to several publications that the benefit of storing unlimited original quality photos and videos to Google Photos will not be extended to future Pixel phones. Or you can look into other photo storage options like Microsoft OneDrive, Amazon Photos, Dropbox, and other online storage options.Google Pixel phones coming in the future will not get the perk of ‘unlimited storage' on Google Photos that previous Pixel handsets had. If you want to keep uploading photos at “High” quality after your 15 GBs has been reached, you will need to purchase a Google One storage plan. Uploads in High quality from your Pixel 2-5 devices will continue to receive unlimited free storage. If you have a Pixel 5 device or earlier, your current backup quality options and benefits remain unchanged. This is what Google says according to its help page: However, photos uploaded at “Original” quality will still count against your free 15 GB of storage. That means if you own a Pixel 2-5 you will still have unlimited storage for your “High” quality photos. This means that photos and videos backed up before Jwill still be considered free and exempt from the storage limit.Īlso, Google Pixel 5 and earlier are exempt from the new change. Only photos uploaded after June 1 st will begin counting against the cap.Īny photos or videos you’ve uploaded in High quality before Jwill not count toward your 15GB of free storage. Also, it means you still have time to enjoy the unlimited “High” quality photo storage until that date. That means they are grandfathered in and won’t count toward your storage. Existing photos or videos uploaded before the June 1 st, 2021 date won’t count toward the 15 GB of free storage. There are a few exemptions to take note of here. The limit is 15 GB for the free tier of Google Drive and that is shared by other Google services including Gmail, Docs, and Photos. After the June 1 st date, any photos you upload to Google Photos will count toward your overall storage limits.
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