Starting next month, Google Photos will no longer offer free unlimited storage for storing “High quality” photos. That means any new photos uploaded to Google Photos after June 1, 2021, regardless of whether it’s “High quality,” “Original quality, or Express quality, will count towards the 15GB limit allotted to your Google Account. And you’ll have to pay for Google One subscription if you run out of that limit. Luckily, current Google Pixel phones aren’t affected by this and will continue to get unlimited high-quality uploads for life. There have been reports that Google wasn’t planning to offer this perk on future Pixels. And the company even officially confirmed that future Pixel phones indeed wouldn’t get unlimited high-quality photo backups. But it appears Google could still offer some form of unlimited backups on future Pixel phones. In Google Photos app v5.4.1, we have found evidence of a new Storage saver photo quality option that could allow future Pixel phones to avail unlimited backups.
Currently, Google Photos gives you three backup options: Original, High quality, and Express quality (in select markets). But following new strings suggest Google is working on adding a new Storage saver option that will seemingly let you backup your photos at a slightly reduced quality. The new Storage saver option will allow Pixel phones to upload unlimited photos and videos for free. Since existing Pixels already have the unlimited high-quality backup perk, our guess is this change will most likely apply to future Pixel phones. Alternatively, it’s also possible Google could simply be rebranding the existing “High quality” option to “Storage saver” since they both mention the same “slightly reduced quality” phrase in their description.
Currently, Google Photos gives you three backup options: Original, High quality, and Express quality (in select markets). But following new strings suggest Google is working on adding a new Storage saver option that will seemingly let you backup your photos at a slightly reduced quality. The new Storage saver option will allow Pixel phones to upload unlimited photos and videos for free. Since existing Pixels already have the unlimited high-quality backup perk, our guess is this change will most likely apply to future Pixel phones. Alternatively, it’s also possible Google could simply be rebranding the existing “High quality” option to “Storage saver” since they both mention the same “slightly reduced quality” phrase in their description.
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