Support photos & videos

About back up and sync

Back up 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 you are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Whatever 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 will be accessible across any device that you sign in to. If you edit and salve a photo on your phone, the photo will look the aforementioned on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: Y'all can search your photos by the people (when y'all've enabled face grouping), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automated creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Before you lot get started

What you lot need to support photos & videos

  • Good internet connection.
  • 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 10 GB.
    • Items smaller than 256 x 256.
  • File types that can exist backed upwards.
    • 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 try to back up a file blazon not listed hither, it may not 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 exist able to support new files.

Types of RAW files you tin can dorsum upwardly

Canon
EOS-1D X Mark Iii, EOS-1D X Marking II, EOS-1D 10, EOS-1Ds Mark 3, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS-1D Marking Iii, EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark Ii North, EOS 5D Mark Iv, EOS 5D Mark III, EOS 5D Mark 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 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 Kiss X10i (EOS REBEL T8i/EOS 850D), EOS Kiss X9i (EOS Insubordinate T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Osculation X8i (EOS Rebel T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Buss X7i (EOS Rebel T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS REBEL T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Kiss X10 (EOS REBEL 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 REBEL T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Osculation X3 (EOS REBEL T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Kiss X2 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS Insubordinate T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Osculation X70 (EOS REBEL T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Osculation X50 (EOS Insubordinate T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital X (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital N (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Yard (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 Marker Ii, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 X Mark Three, PowerShot G7 10 Marker Ii, PowerShot G7 X, PowerShot G5 X Mark II, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 Ten, PowerShot G1 X Marking Three, PowerShot G1 X Mark II, PowerShot G1 Ten, 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, Eastward-M5, E-M10, E-P1, East-P2, E-P3, E-P5, East-PL3, E-PL5, Due east-PL7, OM-D East-M5 Marker II

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

Sony
A7, A7R, A7S, A7 Mark Two, A55, A58, A65, A77, A77 Mark Ii, A99, A700, A3000, A5000, A5100, A6000, QX1, NEX-5, NEX-5N, NEX-5R, NEX-6, NEX-7, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Mark II, RX100, RX100 Mark 2, RX100 Mark III, RX100 Mark IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn support & sync on or off

Before yous beginning, make certain you're signed in.

  • Choose the Google Account to back upward photos and videos: Under "Backup account", tap the business relationship name.
  • Alter your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more near upload sizes.
  • Dorsum upwardly device folders: Tap Back upwards device folders and select the folders you want to support.
  • Back up on mobile data: If you don't want to wait for Wi-Fi to back up your videos, under "Cellular information usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may utilize if y'all upload using your mobile network.
  • Dorsum up while roaming: In Photos, open Settings and tap Back upward & sync and then Cell data usage and turn on Back up while roaming.

Dorsum upwardly with unrestricted data

Some mobile operators provide access to 'unrestricted mobile data,' which is information that doesn't count towards operator quotas or limits. This selection is currently bachelor to some users on operators similar Verizon and AT&T in the United states of america. If you lot utilize one of these operators, you may run across an choice that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'.

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

Set a daily dorsum up limit

Troubleshoot issues with auto backup

Important: Back up & sync might not work well if you lot have bombardment optimization turned on for the Photos app. If you have this issue, you can turn off battery optimization.

Plow off battery optimization on other Android devices

Check if your photos are backed up

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open up the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Business relationship.
  3. At the top right, tap your business relationship profile photo or initial.
  4. You tin view if backup is complete or if you lot take items in wait to back up. Learn how to fix backup issues.

Costs to support

Equally of June i, 2021, any new photos or videos yous support in Storage saver quality (previously named Loftier quality) or Express quality will count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed upward in Original quality volition continue to count toward your Google Account storage. Acquire more virtually photo and video backup options.

Each Google Business relationship comes with fifteen GB of storage.

Bank check your Google Account storage.

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

Related resources

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

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