Back up photos & videos

About back up and sync

Support and sync is a storage service that automatically saves your photos and videos to your Google Account. These photos and videos will exist attainable from whatsoever device where you 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 Account.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits you make or photos you take will exist attainable beyond any device that you sign in to. If you edit and salvage a photograph on your phone, the photograph volition expect the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: Y'all 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 you get started

What yous demand to support photos & videos

  • Expert net connection.
  • File sizes that can exist backed up.  Your files won't be backed upward 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.
    • Live photos tin can be backed up if y'all 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 upward a file type non listed here, information technology may not piece of work with Google Photos.

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

Types of RAW files you can support

Catechism
EOS-1D X Marking III, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS-1Ds Mark Ii, EOS-1D Mark 4, EOS-1D Mark Iii, EOS-1D Marker II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS 5D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark 3, EOS 5D Marker 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 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 Insubordinate T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS Insubordinate T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS Insubordinate T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Buss X7i (EOS Insubordinate T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Buss X6i (EOS REBEL T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Osculation X10 (EOS Insubordinate SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D 2), EOS Kiss X9 (EOS REBEL SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Buss X7 (EOS REBEL SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Buss X5 (EOS REBEL T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Osculation X4 (EOS Insubordinate T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Buss X3 (EOS Insubordinate T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Osculation X2 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS Rebel T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Kiss X70 (EOS REBEL T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Kiss X50 (EOS REBEL T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital 10 (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Buss Digital N (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss M (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark 2, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Mark 2, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 X Mark III, PowerShot G7 10 Mark Two, PowerShot G7 Ten, PowerShot G5 X Mark II, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 10 Mark III, PowerShot G1 Ten Marking Two, 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, E-M5, E-M10, E-P1, E-P2, East-P3, Due east-P5, E-PL3, E-PL5, Eastward-PL7, OM-D Due east-M5 Marking Two

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 Marker Two, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-6, NEX-vii, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Marker II, RX100, RX100 Marker 2, RX100 Mark 3, RX100 Mark IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn back upward & sync on or off

Earlier you start, brand certain you lot're signed in.

  • Choose the Google Account to back up photos and videos: Nether "Backup business relationship", tap the business relationship name.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more near upload sizes.
  • Support device folders: Tap Support device folders and select the folders you lot want to back upwardly.
  • Back up on mobile data: If you don't want to expect for Wi-Fi to back upwards your videos, under "Cellular data usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may employ if you lot upload using your mobile network.
  • Support while roaming: In Photos, open Settings and tap Dorsum up & sync and then Prison cell data usage and turn on Support while roaming.

Support with unrestricted data

Some mobile operators provide admission to 'unrestricted mobile data,' which is information that doesn't count towards operator quotas or limits. This choice is currently available to some users on operators like Verizon and AT&T in the US. If you apply ane of these operators, you may run into an option that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile information'.

Of import: Admission to unrestricted information may be limited to 5G.

Fix a daily back up limit

Troubleshoot issues with automobile backup

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

Turn off battery optimization on other Android devices

Check if your photos are backed up

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

Costs to back up

As of June 1, 2021, any new photos or videos you dorsum up in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Limited quality will count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed upwards in Original quality volition proceed to count toward your Google Business relationship storage. Acquire more than about photo and video backup options.

Each Google Business relationship comes with 15 GB of storage.

Check your Google Account storage.

Important: Any photos or videos you've backed upwardly in Loftier quality or Express quality before June one, 2021 won't count toward your Google Account storage.

Related resource

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

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