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 be accessible from any device where y'all are logged into your business relationship.

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Whatever photos you accept from a device with fill-in enabled will be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits you make or photos you take will be accessible beyond any device that y'all sign in to. If you edit and save a photo on your phone, the photo will wait 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.

Earlier you get started

What you demand to support photos & videos

  • Skillful internet connection.
  • File sizes that can be backed up.  Your files won't be backed up 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 can exist backed upwardly.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Live photos can exist backed up if you 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 up a file type non listed here, it may non work with Google Photos.

Of import: Your Google Account storage is shared beyond multiple products similar Google Photos, Google Drive, and Gmail. If you have used all of your storage, you won't exist able to dorsum upwardly new files.

Types of RAW files you can support

Canon
EOS-1D Ten Mark III, EOS-1D X Mark II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Marking Iii, EOS-1Ds Mark Two, EOS-1D Mark 4, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Marker 2, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark 2 N, EOS 5D Marking IV, EOS 5D Marker III, EOS 5D Mark Ii, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark Two, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Marking 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 Buss X10i (EOS Insubordinate T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS Rebel T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS REBEL T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Buss X7i (EOS REBEL T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS Insubordinate T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Kiss X10 (EOS REBEL SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D II), EOS Kiss X9 (EOS REBEL SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Osculation X7 (EOS Rebel SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS REBEL T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Kiss X4 (EOS Rebel T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Buss X3 (EOS Rebel T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Buss X2 (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Osculation X90 (EOS Insubordinate T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Osculation X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Buss X70 (EOS Rebel T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Kiss X50 (EOS Insubordinate T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Buss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital N (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss M (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark II, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Marking II, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 X Mark Three, PowerShot G7 X Mark Ii, PowerShot G7 Ten, PowerShot G5 10 Mark II, PowerShot G5 10, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 10 Marking III, PowerShot G1 10 Mark II, 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
E-M1, Due east-M5, Due east-M10, Eastward-P1, East-P2, East-P3, E-P5, East-PL3, E-PL5, E-PL7, OM-D E-M5 Mark 2

Panasonic
CM1, FZ300, G70, GF1, GF3, GF5, GF7, GH3, GH4, GM1, GM5, GX1, GX8, LX5, LX7, LX100

Sony
A7, A7R, A7S, A7 Marker 2, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Mark 2, 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 Mark 2, RX100 Marker III, RX100 Mark Four

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn back up & sync on or off

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

  • Choose the Google Account to support photos and videos: Under "Backup account", tap the business relationship proper name.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more about upload sizes.
  • Support device folders: Tap Back upward device folders and select the folders you lot desire to back upward.
  • Back up on mobile data: If you lot don't want to wait for Wi-Fi to back up your videos, under "Cellular information usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may utilise if you lot upload using your mobile network.
  • Back up while roaming: In Photos, open Settings and tap Back up & sync and then Prison cell data usage and plow on Support while roaming.

Support 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 option is currently bachelor to some users on operators similar Verizon and AT&T in the US. If yous utilize ane of these operators, you may come across an option that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'.

Important: Access to unrestricted data may be limited to 5G.

Set a daily back up limit

Troubleshoot issues with auto backup

Important: Back upwardly & sync might not work well if you accept battery optimization turned on for the Photos app. If yous take this issue, you can plough off bombardment optimization.

Turn off battery optimization on other Android devices

Cheque 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 Business relationship.
  3. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial.
  4. You tin view if fill-in is consummate or if you have items in expect to back up. Learn how to fix backup issues.

Costs to back up

Every bit of June ane, 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 up in Original quality volition proceed to count toward your Google Business relationship storage. Learn more than nigh photo and video backup options.

Each Google Account comes with xv GB of storage.

Check your Google Account storage.

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

Related resources

  • 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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