Back up photos & videos

About 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 accessible from whatever device where you are logged into your business relationship.

Benefits

  • Never lose a retentivity: Any photos you take from a device with backup enabled volition be saved to your Google Business relationship.
  • Automated sync: Whatsoever edits yous make or photos you take will be accessible beyond any device that you sign in to. If you edit and relieve a photo on your telephone, the photo will look the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You lot tin search your photos by the people (when y'all've enabled face grouping), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automatic creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Earlier you get started

What you demand to support photos & videos

  • Good internet connexion.
  • File sizes that can be backed upward.  Your files won't be backed upwardly 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.
    • Live photos tin be backed upwards if yous 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 try to dorsum up a file type non listed here, it may not work with Google Photos.

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

Types of RAW files you lot can back up

Catechism
EOS-1D X Mark Iii, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS-1D 10, EOS-1Ds Mark Iii, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1D Marking IV, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Marking Ii, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark Ii North, EOS 5D Marker IV, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 5D Marking II, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark II, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Marking Two, 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 Buss X10i (EOS REBEL T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Osculation X9i (EOS Insubordinate T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS REBEL T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Buss X7i (EOS Insubordinate T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS Insubordinate T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Kiss X10 (EOS REBEL SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Kiss X9 (EOS REBEL SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS Insubordinate SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS REBEL T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Kiss X4 (EOS REBEL T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Kiss X3 (EOS Rebel T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Kiss X2 (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Osculation X90 (EOS REBEL T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss 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 REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Osculation Digital 10 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital North (EOS DIGITAL REBEL 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 Mark II, PowerShot G9 Ten, PowerShot G7 10 Marking III, PowerShot G7 Ten Mark II, PowerShot G7 10, PowerShot G5 X Marker II, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 Ten, PowerShot G1 X Mark III, 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, Eastward-M5, E-M10, Eastward-P1, East-P2, East-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, E-PL5, E-PL7, OM-D Due 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 Mark II, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Marking Ii, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-five, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-half-dozen, NEX-7, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Mark II, RX100, RX100 Mark Two, RX100 Mark Three, RX100 Mark IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn back upwardly & sync on or off

Before you first, make sure you're signed in.

  • Cull the Google Business relationship 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.
  • Support device folders: Tap Support device folders and select the folders you want to back up.
  • Back upward on mobile data: If you don't want to await for Wi-Fi to support your videos, under "Cellular data usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may utilise if you upload using your mobile network.
  • Back up while roaming: In Photos, open up Settings and tap Support & sync and then Cell information usage and turn on Back up while roaming.

Dorsum upward with unrestricted data

Some mobile operators provide access to 'unrestricted mobile data,' which is data that doesn't count towards operator quotas or limits. This option is currently bachelor to some users on operators similar Verizon and AT&T in the United states of america. If yous utilise ane of these operators, you may meet an option that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile information'.

Important: Access to unrestricted data may exist limited to 5G.

Set a daily support limit

Troubleshoot issues with car backup

Important: Back up & sync might non work well if y'all have battery optimization turned on for the Photos app. If yous have this outcome, you tin turn off battery optimization.

Turn off battery optimization on other Android devices

Check if your photos are backed upwards

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the top correct, tap your account profile photograph or initial.
  4. You can view if backup is complete or if you have items in wait to back upward. Acquire how to fix fill-in bug.

Costs to back up

Every bit of June 1, 2021, whatever new photos or videos you support in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Limited quality volition count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed up in Original quality will continue to count toward your Google Business relationship storage. Larn more most photo and video fill-in options.

Each Google Business relationship comes with xv GB of storage.

Cheque your Google Account storage.

Of import: Any photos or videos y'all've backed up in High quality or Limited quality earlier June 1, 2021 won't count toward your Google Account storage.

Related resources

  • Download photos or videos to your device
  • Cease syncing Google Drive files with Fill-in and Sync
  • How your Google storage works

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