How does the storage I get with Google One compare to what I get for free?Įvery Google Account starts with 15 GB of free storage that’s shared across Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos. Google also increases their storage quota for a year or two if you purchase a Google smartphone, Chromebook or other Google device. As per Google One’s FAQ page, everyone who creates a Google account receives 15GB of storage free of charge.Īn additional 2GB of storage can be added to your account if you perform Google’s recommended security steps, which brings your total allocation of free cloud storage to 17GB.

In 2018, Google placed all of their cloud storage services under a new subscription service called Google One. From June 1, however, all photos and videos uploaded to Google accounts will count against users' cloud storage.The first Google service to offer storage was Gmail, which launched in 2004. Google ‌Photos‌ has always offered free unlimited storage for uploading images at a reduced yet good enough quality for most users. The feature comes ahead of the cutoff date when Google ‌Photos‌ stops offering free unlimited storage for uploaded pictures.

Google says the change is being rolled out over the next couple of weeks to all users with a personal Gmail account, as well as users of Google Workspace, G Suite Basic, and G Suite Business. Note that the new feature will only available for JPEG attachments to begin with. The 'Save to ‌Photos‌' option will go alongside the existing 'Add to Drive' button that appears when you view an email attachment in your browser.

The new feature means Gmail users will no longer have to download photo attachments from messages in order to manually back them up to Google ‌Photos‌. Google is adding a new 'Save to Photos' button to Gmail that, when pressed, automatically saves emailed picture attachments to Google ‌Photos‌.

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