Google Photos is one of the most popular cloud photo platforms that exist on both Android and iOS. Today we’ll show you how to get the most out of Google Photos .
Google Photos is a very interesting platform that goes far beyond a conventional gallery application. It has a multitude of functions that we can take advantage of if we know them, so below we will show you many of its advantages.
Save storage on your mobile with Google Photos
As we said, Google Photos is well known, since it is the Google cloud dedicated to photos and videos . This means that we can delete the physical file of the videos and photos to view and download the content without having to save it on our smartphone.
Why are the photos duplicated on the mobile?
In addition, unlike a conventional gallery, as it is synchronized with our Google account, there is the possibility of viewing the photographs on all types of devices that have Internet access.
Google Photos offers us two storage options :
- Free unlimited storage: the most common option in Google Photos and one of the characteristics that make it most attractive, since our photos undergo a small compression (16 megapixels maximum), and in return we have unlimited storage.
- 15 GB free with “Original Quality” : Google calls “original quality” to uploading the same file on the phone without applying any compression, so the photos do not lose quality, but we will have to buy extra space to continue with this plan if we exceed the 15 GB.
Image search by location
When we enter Google Photos, the photographs we have taken will appear, but if we look at the upper area we have a search bar that is very useful and allows us to perform various tasks.
To get the most out of this function, we must have the save location function activated in the camera settings so that when taking a photograph it remembers exactly where it was.
To activate “Save location” you have to:
- Open the camera application of our phone.
- Access the settings section.
- And click on “Store location data” (or a similar option).
Now, every time we take a photograph, if we scroll to the details of it in Google Photos (by sliding up) the exact location will be shown on a small map .
Thanks to this we can easily locate the photographs , for example, of a trip, looking for the city where they were taken in case we do not remember the exact date.
In addition, Google Photos uses artificial intelligence to automatically create albums of a place or a vacation. The creation of movies, along with albums and photo editing, are some of the most noteworthy aspects of the application.
Google Photos also creates GIFs or stylizes a photo by correcting the lighting or even applying the odd filter.
Not forgetting that Google Photos makes it easy for us to share images and video with other people . You can give private access to certain Google accounts, or create a link to the album so that anyone can see it.
Search for people
As we mentioned in the previous section, Google Photos is a tool that is equipped with artificial intelligence, so it identifies the faces and the general content of the photograph .
We can do the test by writing, for example, “Tree” in the search engine located at the top and you will find some of our photographs which it interprets to have to do with that term.
As if that were not enough, we can assign names to the faces that it detects in the photograph in order to have the possibility of looking for ourselves or the people in our immediate environment.
Although we must emphasize that this function also allows the identification of animals such as dogs, so if we have photographed our pet and assigned a name, we will easily find the photographs we have taken.
Google Photos also reminds us of past events , using a format similar to Instagram Stories.
In-app photo editor
Like other galleries that some terminals integrate by default, Google Photos has its own photo editor , quite basic, but integrated into the cloud.
Although it is a very simple editor, we can edit our photos without taking up more space than the application itself and we should not worry about what may happen to the original photograph, since both will be saved.
If we want to go further, the search engine brand itself offers Snapseed free of charge , a more advanced editor for mobile phones, which we will have to install separately.
Creating your own elements
We have already talked enough about everything that includes Google Photos, but we must highlight a couple of features since we can also create albums and animations , among others, with just a couple of taps.
Scrolling on the screen with a single finger pressed on it is enough to make the selection of photos and, just as we can delete them, we also have the possibility of creating our own creations such as collages, by displaying the side menu.
Google Lens within Google Photos
Google Lens is a very useful tool to search for different objects by image . And of course, being Google it is also included in its cloud photo service.
All the options and suggestions are found at the bottom of the photos, so it is a very quick and easy access with which to take advantage of the multitude of options available.
Now that you know how to make the most of Google Photos, you should know that there are also other photo gallery options for your mobile , but this is one of the most interesting due to its many functions and the ability to store content on the Internet.
