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Google Maps is getting a new update that lets you create Street View photos using just a phone. Android users with ARCore-compatible devices can now capture imagery and publish it to Google Street View in certain areas. Google is allowing submissions initially in Toronto, New York, Austin, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Costa Rica. More regions will support this feature soon, and Google will use this user-generated content when it doesn’t have its own Street View imagery available. “While… Source link

Many started using Google Photos when the search giant announced free, unlimited photo uploads three years ago. Starting June 1, 2021, that deal is dead. Whenever a tech company uses the term “unlimited” for any of its services, take it with a grain of salt, especially where cloud storage is concerned. Online backup companies like Carbonite have taken heat in the past for their unlimited plans not being completely unlimited, and in 2015 Microsoft switched its unlimited storage plan in… Source link

For a long time, I felt my digital photos weren’t nearly as well organized as other areas of my life.  That situation changed overnight with Google Photos.  Google Photos is in the news because of a change in its policy — it will no longer be free for unlimited storage. Like any other service that has been free and begins to charge, confusion arises. This… Source link

Come June 1, 2021, Google Photos will no longer offer free unlimited ‘High quality’ storage, with images and videos uploaded. Your photos will be counted in the 15GB free storage that comes with your Google account and includes GMail, Google Docs, Google Sheets and other Google services. (You can read the complete details here). One option is to go for a paid cloud storage service like Google’s Google One or Apple’s iCloud. In case you don’t want to spend on storage, you can store… Source link

The company will phase out unlimited storage on Google Photos, it announced Wednesday. The service, launched in 2015, allows users to easily upload, back up and sort through the thousands of images we fill our smartphones with. Any images users upload beyond June 1, 2021 will count towards the 15 GB limit imposed on Google accounts that already includes files from other services such as Gmail and Google Drive. After hitting that limit, Google Photos users will have to pay for extra space… Source link

Today’s existing Google Pixel phones will be the last to come with free unlimited “high-quality” uploads to Google Photos. While the company said yesterday that previous Pixel phones could still upload those photos for free after Google axes unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021, Google confirmed to us that any future Pixels you buy will not come with those free uploads. It’s not the first time Google’s scaled back the Pixel perk. Originally, one of the selling points of the Pixel… Source link

After five years of enticing consumers with offers of free photo and video storage, albeit it with a hitch (lower resolution), Google turned its back on consumers Wednesday and says we’ll all have to start paying as of June 1st.  So what other options are out there for us? Sadly, there are few that are free. In an era when we are taking more high-resolution photos and videos than ever before, we either have to invest in multiple hard drives – which sadly, do not last – or spend monthly… Source link

Google changes its storage policy, Facebook extends its political ad ban and Ring doorbells are recalled. This is your Daily Crunch for November 11, 2020. The big story: Google Photos will end free, unlimited storage Google is changing its storage policies for free accounts in a way that could have a big impact on anyone regularly using Google Photos. Currently, Google Photos allows users to store unlimited images (and HD video) as long as they’re under 16 megapixels. Starting on… Source link

Come June 1, 2021, Google will change its storage policies for free accounts — and not for the better. Basically, if you’re on a free account and a semi-regular Google Photos user, get ready to pay up next year and subscribe to Google One. Currently, every free Google Account comes with 15 GB of online storage for all your Gmail, Drive and Photos needs. Email and the files you store in Drive already counted against those 15 GB, but come June 1, all Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings,… Source link

After five years of offering unlimited free photo backups at “high quality,” Google Photos will start charging for storage once more than 15 gigs on the account have been used. The change will happen on June 1st, 2021, and it comes with other Google Drive policy changes like counting Google Workspace documents and spreadsheets against the same cap. Google is also introducing a new policy of deleting data from inactive accounts that haven’t been logged in to for at least two years.