Back up photos & videos

Nigh back up and sync

Back up and sync is a storage service that automatically saves your photos and videos to your Google Account. These photos and videos will be attainable from whatsoever device where you are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a retention: Whatsoever photos yous take from a device with fill-in enabled will be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automated sync: Any edits you make or photos you accept will be accessible across any device that you sign in to. If yous edit and save a photo on your phone, the photo volition expect the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You tin search your photos by the people (when yous've enabled confront group), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automatic creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Before you get started

What yous need to support photos & videos

  • Good net connection.
  • File sizes that tin be backed up.  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 x 256.
  • File types that tin be backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Alive photos can be backed upward if you use the Google Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
    • Videos: .mpg, .mod, .mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, and .mkv files.

If you effort to back upwards a file type not listed hither, it may not piece of work with Google Photos.

Important: Your Google Business relationship storage is shared beyond multiple products similar Google Photos, Google Bulldoze, and Gmail. If you have used all of your storage, you won't be able to support new files.

Types of RAW files you tin can back up

Canon
EOS-1D X Marking III, EOS-1D X Mark Ii, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1D Mark Four, EOS-1D Mark Iii, EOS-1D Marker Ii, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark II North, EOS 5D Mark Four, EOS 5D Mark Three, EOS 5D Marking 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 Marking 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 REBEL T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS Rebel T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Osculation X8i (EOS REBEL T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Kiss X7i (EOS REBEL T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Buss X6i (EOS Insubordinate T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Kiss X10 (EOS Insubordinate SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Osculation X9 (EOS REBEL SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS REBEL SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS Insubordinate T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Buss X4 (EOS Insubordinate T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Kiss X3 (EOS REBEL T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Buss X2 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS REBEL T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Buss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Osculation X70 (EOS Rebel T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Kiss X50 (EOS Insubordinate T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital N (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss M (EOS M50), EOS M6 Marking II, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Marking 2, PowerShot G9 10, PowerShot G7 X Mark III, PowerShot G7 X Mark II, PowerShot G7 Ten, PowerShot G5 X Marker Two, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 10, PowerShot G1 X Marker Three, PowerShot G1 X Mark II, 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, Due east-M5, E-M10, Eastward-P1, E-P2, East-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, E-PL5, E-PL7, OM-D E-M5 Marking 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 Mark II, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-6, NEX-7, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Marker Ii, RX100, RX100 Marking II, RX100 Marking III, RX100 Mark 4

DNG files
All .dng files

Plow back up & sync on or off

Before you get-go, make certain you're signed in.

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

Support with unrestricted information

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

Of import: Access to unrestricted data may exist express to 5G.

Set a daily back up limit

Troubleshoot bug with car backup

Important: Back up & sync might not piece of work well if y'all take battery optimization turned on for the Photos app. If yous have this result, you tin turn off battery optimization.

Plough off battery optimization on other Android devices

Check if your photos are backed up

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open up the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Business relationship.
  3. At the peak right, tap your account profile photo or initial.
  4. You lot can view if backup is complete or if y'all have items in wait to back up. Learn how to fix backup issues.

Costs to back upwardly

As of June i, 2021, whatsoever new photos or videos you lot back up in Storage saver quality (previously named Loftier quality) or Express quality will count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed upward in Original quality will continue to count toward your Google Business relationship storage. Learn more about photo and video fill-in options.

Each Google Account comes with xv GB of storage.

Check your Google Account storage.

Important: Any photos or videos you've backed up in Loftier quality or Limited quality before June 1, 2021 won't count toward your Google Business relationship 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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