Back up photos & videos

About support and sync

Support and sync is a storage service that automatically saves your photos and videos to your Google Account. These photos and videos volition be attainable from any device where you lot are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Whatsoever photos you take from a device with backup enabled will be saved to your Google Business relationship.
  • Automatic sync: Whatever edits you make or photos you take volition be accessible across whatsoever device that you sign in to. If you edit and save a photo on your telephone, the photo will look the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You can search your photos by the people (when you'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.

Before y'all get started

What y'all need to back upwards photos & videos

  • Skillful net connexion.
  • 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 ten GB.
    • Items smaller than 256 10 256.
  • File types that tin be backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Live photos can exist backed upwardly if you apply the Google Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
    • Videos: .mpg, .modernistic, .mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, and .mkv files.

If yous endeavor to back upward a file type non listed here, it may non piece of work with Google Photos.

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

Types of RAW files you lot tin can support

Canon
EOS-1D X Mark III, EOS-1D X Marking II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Marking Iii, EOS-1Ds Marker II, EOS-1D Marker Iv, EOS-1D Marking 3, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark Ii N, EOS 5D Mark IV, 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 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 Rebel T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Osculation X9i (EOS REBEL T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS Rebel T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Osculation X7i (EOS Rebel T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Buss X6i (EOS Rebel T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Kiss X10 (EOS Insubordinate SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Kiss X9 (EOS Rebel SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Kiss X7 (EOS Rebel SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Osculation X5 (EOS Rebel T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Kiss X4 (EOS Insubordinate T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Kiss X3 (EOS REBEL T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Kiss X2 (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Osculation X90 (EOS Rebel T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS Rebel T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Buss X70 (EOS REBEL T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Kiss X50 (EOS REBEL T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Buss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital N (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Osculation Thou (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 X, PowerShot G7 10 Mark 3, PowerShot G7 X Mark II, PowerShot G7 X, PowerShot G5 Ten Mark II, PowerShot G5 Ten, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 10 Mark III, PowerShot G1 X Mark Two, PowerShot G1 10, 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
Due east-M1, East-M5, E-M10, E-P1, E-P2, E-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, East-PL5, E-PL7, OM-D E-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-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-6, NEX-seven, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Mark II, RX100, RX100 Marker Ii, RX100 Mark III, RX100 Mark IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn back up & sync on or off

Earlier y'all kickoff, brand certain you're signed in.

  • Choose the Google Business relationship to back upwardly photos and videos: Under "Fill-in account", tap the account name.
  • Alter your upload size: Tap Upload size. Acquire more than nigh upload sizes.
  • Back up device folders: Tap Support device folders and select the folders yous desire to dorsum up.
  • Dorsum up on mobile data: If you lot don't desire to wait for Wi-Fi to back up your videos, under "Cellular data usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may apply if y'all upload using your mobile network.
  • Back up while roaming: In Photos, open Settings and tap Support & sync and then Cell information usage and plow on Back up while roaming.

Back up with unrestricted data

Some mobile operators provide admission to 'unrestricted mobile data,' which is data that doesn't count towards operator quotas or limits. This selection is currently bachelor to some users on operators like Verizon and AT&T in the US. If you apply i of these operators, y'all may see an pick that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile information'.

Of import: Access to unrestricted data may be limited to 5G.

Set a daily back up limit

Troubleshoot problems with auto backup

Important: Support & sync might non work well if yous accept battery optimization turned on for the Photos app. If you have this result, you can plough off battery optimization.

Turn off bombardment optimization on other Android devices

Check if your photos are backed up

  1. On your Android telephone or tablet, open up the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the elevation right, tap your business relationship profile photo or initial.
  4. You can view if backup is consummate or if yous have items in wait to dorsum upwardly. Acquire how to prepare backup issues.

Costs to support

As of June 1, 2021, any new photos or videos you back up in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Express quality will count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed upwardly in Original quality will continue to count toward your Google Account storage. Learn more than about photo and video backup options.

Each Google Account comes with 15 GB of storage.

Bank check your Google Account storage.

Of import: Any photos or videos yous've backed up in Loftier quality or Express quality before June i, 2022 won't count toward your Google Account storage.

Related resources

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

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