Support photos & videos

About back upwardly 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 attainable from any device where you are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a retention: Whatever photos y'all take from a device with backup enabled will be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automatic sync: Any edits you brand or photos yous take will be accessible across whatsoever device that you sign in to. If y'all edit and save a photograph on your phone, the photo will look the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You can search your photos by the people (when you've enabled face group), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automatic creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Before you lot go started

What you need to back up photos & videos

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

Important: Your Google Account storage is shared across multiple products like Google Photos, Google Drive, and Gmail. If you have used all of your storage, you won't exist able to dorsum up new files.

Types of RAW files you can dorsum up

Catechism
EOS-1D X Marker III, EOS-1D Ten Marker II, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark Three, EOS-1Ds Marking II, EOS-1D Mark 4, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Mark Two, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS 5D Mark Four, EOS 5D Marking Three, EOS 5D Marker 2, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Marker II, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Marker 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 REBEL T7i/EOS 800D), EOS Kiss X8i (EOS REBEL T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Osculation X7i (EOS Insubordinate 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 Insubordinate 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 Kiss X3 (EOS Rebel T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Buss X2 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Osculation X90 (EOS REBEL T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Buss X70 (EOS REBEL T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Buss X50 (EOS Rebel T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Kiss F (EOS DIGITAL Rebel XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Osculation Digital X (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Digital Northward (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Osculation Thou (EOS M50), EOS M6 Marking II, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS M, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 X Marking Two, PowerShot G9 Ten, PowerShot G7 10 Marker Three, PowerShot G7 Ten Mark II, PowerShot G7 X, PowerShot G5 X Mark II, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 X, PowerShot G1 10 Mark III, PowerShot G1 X Marker 2, PowerShot G1 X, 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, E-M5, E-M10, E-P1, E-P2, E-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, E-PL5, E-PL7, OM-D Due east-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-vi, NEX-7, NEX-C3, NEX-F3, RX1, RX1R, RX10, RX10 Marker Two, RX100, RX100 Mark II, RX100 Mark 3, RX100 Mark IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn back upward & sync on or off

Before y'all offset, make sure you're signed in.

  • Cull the Google Business relationship to back upwardly photos and videos: Under "Backup account", tap the account name.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Acquire more than about upload sizes.
  • Back up device folders: Tap Dorsum up device folders and select the folders you want to back up.
  • Back upwardly on mobile data: If you lot don't desire to wait for Wi-Fi to support your videos, nether "Cellular data usage," tapVideos. Charges from your service provider may apply if you upload using your mobile network.
  • Back up while roaming: In Photos, open Settings and tap Dorsum up & sync and then Cell data usage and plow on Support while roaming.

Back up with unrestricted data

Some mobile operators provide access to 'unrestricted mobile data,' which is data that doesn't count towards operator quotas or limits. This choice is currently available to some users on operators similar Verizon and AT&T in the US. If you utilize one of these operators, y'all may encounter 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 problems with auto fill-in

Important: Support & sync might not work well if you take battery optimization turned on for the Photos app. If you have this issue, you can plow off battery optimization.

Plough off battery optimization on other Android devices

Bank check if your photos are backed up

  1. On your Android telephone or tablet, open up the Google Photos app Photos.
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the peak correct, tap your business relationship profile photo or initial.
  4. Y'all tin view if backup is complete or if you have items in wait to back up. Learn how to set up backup issues.

Costs to back upwards

As of June i, 2021, whatsoever new photos or videos you back up in Storage saver quality (previously named Loftier quality) or Express quality volition count toward your Google Account storage. Photos and videos backed up in Original quality will continue to count toward your Google Account storage. Learn more nigh photo and video fill-in options.

Each Google Account comes with 15 GB of storage.

Bank check your Google Account storage.

Important: Any photos or videos you've backed upwards in High quality or Express quality before June 1, 2021 won't count toward your Google Business relationship 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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