Learn how to back up your pictures and videos with Google Photos for iOS, which offers much more free storage and clients for all major operating systems, instead of Apple’s iCloud Photos.
We’ll help you set up Google Photos on your iPhone and move photos and videos from iCloud Photos to Google Photos. We’ll also teach you how to turn iCloud Photos off and verify that the automatic syncing of iPhone photos to Google Photos works.
Why use Google Photos on iPhone?
iCloud Photos is available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, Apple TV, and Windows but not on Android. Anyone who signs up for the service gets 15 GB of free storage, three times more than Apple’s 5 GB free tier. Plus, you can switch between multiple Google Photos accounts on your iPhone by hitting your profile icon.
Google’s photo solution also lets you upload either in the original resolution or a compressed high-quality format, which can save some cloud space. In contrast, iCloud always keeps the original-quality, full-resolution files in the cloud and smaller versions on the device
As a bonus, Google Photos packs other cool features you may like, including collages, Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, AI search, and more.
Set up Google Photos on your iOS device
Download the free Google Photos app from the App Store, open it, and provide full access to your Photos library, if asked. You’ll then be asked to sign in with your Google account to start using the app.
Copy all media from iCloud Photos to Google Photos
To copy your iCloud photos and videos to Google, visit Apple’s official Data and Privacy page and submit a request to transfer a copy of your iCloud Photos to Google.
Disable iCloud Photos
With the items copied to Google Photos, turn off syncing to stop them from backing up to iCloud. You can also delete all your photos and videos from iCloud Photos if that’s what you want to free up your iCloud storage by venturing Settings > iCloud > Photos and turning the Sync this iPhone option off.
Auto-upload photos from iPhone to Google Photos
To turn on the automatic upload option , just open the Google Photos app on your iPhone. If syncing is off, you’ll be prompted to back up your pictures and videos. Or, hit your profile picture in the top-right corner and choose Turn on backup,
Next, select whether to upload everything in the original quality or in storage saver mode, which reduces the quality of uploaded images and videos though they’ll still be perfectly fine for viewing on mobile devices.
Also, check out: How to move pictures from the Mac Photos app to Google Photos