Support photos & videos

Nigh back up and sync

Back upward and sync is a storage service that automatically saves your photos and videos to your Google Account. These photos and videos will exist accessible from any device where yous are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Any photos you take from a device with fill-in enabled will be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits yous brand or photos you take will exist accessible beyond whatever device that you sign in to. If y'all edit and save a photo on your phone, the photo will wait the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You can search your photos past the people (when you've enabled confront grouping), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automatic creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Before y'all get started

What you need to back up photos & videos

  • Good internet connectedness.
  • File sizes that can be backed upwards.  Your files won't be backed up if they are:
    • Photos larger than 200 MB or 150 MP
    • Videos larger than 10 GB.
    • Items smaller than 256 ten 256.
  • File types that can be backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Alive photos can exist backed up if you utilise the Google Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
    • Videos: .mpg, .modern, .mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, and .mkv files.

If you try to back upwardly a file blazon not listed here, it may not work with Google Photos.

Important: Your Google Business relationship storage is shared across multiple products like Google Photos, Google Drive, and Gmail. If y'all accept used all of your storage, you won't be able to support new files.

Types of RAW files yous can dorsum upwards

Canon
EOS-1D X Marking 3, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS-1D 10, EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS-1Ds Marking Two, EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Mark 2, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Marker II N, EOS 5D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark 2, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Mark II, EOS 7D, EOS 90D, EOS 80D, EOS 70D, EOS 60D, EOS 60Da, EOS 50D, EOS 40D, EOS 30D, EOS 20D, EOS 20Da, EOS 9000D (EOS 77D), EOS 8000D (EOS Rebel T6S/EOS 760D), EOS Kiss X10i (EOS Insubordinate T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS Rebel T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Buss X8i (EOS Rebel T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Kiss X7i (EOS REBEL T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS REBEL T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Osculation X10 (EOS Rebel SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D Ii), EOS Buss X9 (EOS Insubordinate SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS Rebel SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS Insubordinate T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Osculation X4 (EOS REBEL T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Kiss X3 (EOS Rebel T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Buss X2 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS Insubordinate T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Kiss X70 (EOS REBEL T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Osculation X50 (EOS Insubordinate T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital Due north (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss M (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark Two, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Mark II, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 X Mark Iii, PowerShot G7 Ten Marker II, PowerShot G7 Ten, PowerShot G5 X Mark 2, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 X Mark 3, PowerShot G1 10 Mark 2, PowerShot G1 X, PowerShot G16, PowerShot G15, PowerShot G12, PowerShot G11, PowerShot G10, PowerShot S120, PowerShot S110, PowerShot S100, PowerShot S95, PowerShot S90, PowerShot SX70 HS, PowerShot SX60 HS, PowerShot SX50 HS, PowerShot SX1 IS

Fuji
X100

Nikon
1AW1, 1J1, 1J2, 1J3, 1J4, 1S1, 1S2, 1V1, 1V2, 1V3, D3, D3X, D4, D4S, D40, D40X, D50, D60, D70, D70s, D80, D90, D200, D300, D300s, D600, D610, D700, D750, D800, D800E, D810, D3000, D3100, D3200, D3300, D5000, D5100, D5200, D5300, D5500, D7000, D7100, D7200, Df
Coolpix: A, P7800

Olympus
E-M1, E-M5, E-M10, E-P1, Due east-P2, E-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, E-PL5, Due east-PL7, OM-D East-M5 Mark II

Panasonic
CM1, FZ300, G70, GF1, GF3, GF5, GF7, GH3, GH4, GM1, GM5, GX1, GX8, LX5, LX7, LX100

Sony
A7, A7R, A7S, A7 Marking Ii, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Marking II, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-half-dozen, NEX-vii, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Marking II, RX100, RX100 Marking II, RX100 Marker III, RX100 Mark Iv

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn dorsum up & sync on or off

Earlier you beginning, make certain you lot're signed in.

  • Choose the Google Account to back up photos and videos: Under "Backup account", tap the account name.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more about upload sizes.
  • Back up device folders: Tap Dorsum upwards device folders and select the folders you desire to back up.
  • Back up on mobile data: If you lot don't desire to wait for Wi-Fi to back up your videos, nether "Cellular data usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may apply if yous upload using your mobile network.
  • Back up while roaming: In Photos, open Settings and tap Back up & sync and then Cell data usage and plough on Back up while roaming.

Support with unrestricted data

Some mobile operators provide access to 'unrestricted mobile data,' which is information that doesn't count towards operator quotas or limits. This option is currently bachelor to some users on operators like Verizon and AT&T in the US. If you utilize one of these operators, you may run into an option that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'.

Of import: Access to unrestricted information may be express to 5G.

Set a daily support limit

Troubleshoot bug with auto backup

Important: Back up & sync might non work well if you have battery optimization turned on for the Photos app. If you have this issue, you can turn off battery optimization.

Turn off bombardment optimization on other Android devices

Cheque if your photos are backed up

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the tiptop right, tap your business relationship profile photograph or initial.
  4. You tin view if backup is complete or if y'all have items in wait to back up. Learn how to fix backup bug.

Costs to back upwards

Every bit of June i, 2021, whatever new photos or videos you lot support in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Limited quality will count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed upwards in Original quality will continue to count toward your Google Account storage. Learn more nigh photo and video backup options.

Each Google Account comes with fifteen GB of storage.

Bank check your Google Business relationship storage.

Important: Whatever photos or videos you've backed upwards in High quality or Express quality before June ane, 2021 won't count toward your Google Account storage.

Related resource

  • Download photos or videos to your device
  • Stop syncing Google Drive files with Backup and Sync
  • How your Google storage works

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