For months weve everything has been trapped at home taking pictures of our cats, dinners and other notable objects, and apparently we have been using a lot bandwidth when you back off they all up to Google Photos As a result, Google announced today that it is limiting what Google Photos will do. automatically return on your Android device.
However, don’t worry; if you are smart you can come backenable automatic backup option for all devices photo folders it’s a little ring you have to jump if you want all this to sync to Google Photos, and I guess Google expects most people to ignore it.
As Kate Lynn, Google’s Product Support Manager, wrote in a Posting on Google Forums today:
“Because of COVID-19, people are sharing more photos and videos. To save internet resources, backup and sync has been disabled for device folders created by messaging apps like WhatsApp, Messages and Kik.
Starting today, you’ll notice a message in the Photos app about this change. You can change this setting at any time. Learn more. “
Mishaal Rahman from XDA developers investigated a bit more and said Android Police that, as a result of the change, The photo folders of the following applications will not sync with Google Photos by default:
- Hello
- LINE
- Messages
- Delivery courier
- Snapchat
- Viber
To manually force these folders to sync as they used to do open Google Photos and tap Library in the lower right corner. Under “Photos on device,” tap “See all.”
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Find any folder that has a cloud icon with a line through it in the lower right corner; are those that they don’t sync with Google Photos. Touch them and then touch the slider to enable “Backup and Sync”.
You will have to repeat this process if, or when, you install New apps that download more photo folders to your device, but I’m sure Google will reverse its change sometime in the future.
As for the iOS version of the Google Photos app, which I haven’t addressed, I don’t think there are any changes I should make at this time. Her photo library should always have a backup no matter where the photos are He came from. I tried this taking a photo on Facebook and then saving it to my phone. (ME I didn’t see any option to sync specific “folders” within the iOS version of the app, so I’m assuming the Google switch is for Android only for now).
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