Support photos & videos

About dorsum upward and sync

Support and sync is a storage service that automatically saves your photos and videos to your Google Account. These photos and videos volition be accessible from any device where yous are logged into your account.

Benefits

  • Never lose a memory: Any photos you lot take from a device with fill-in enabled volition be saved to your Google Account.
  • Automated sync: Any edits you brand or photos you take will exist accessible beyond any device that you sign in to. If you lot edit and save a photo on your phone, the photo will expect the same on Google Photos.
  • Fast and powerful search: You can search your photos past the people (when yous've enabled face group), places, and things in them. No tagging is required.
  • Automated creations: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, and panoramas.

Before y'all become started

What y'all need to back up photos & videos

  • Good cyberspace connectedness.
  • File sizes that can exist 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 be backed up.
    • Photos: .jpg, .heic, .png, .webp, .gif, and some RAW files.
    • Live photos can exist backed upwardly if you employ 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 type not listed here, it may non work with Google Photos.

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

Types of RAW files you can support

Canon
EOS-1D X Mark III, EOS-1D X Mark Ii, EOS-1D X, EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS-1Ds Mark Two, EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS-1D Marker III, EOS-1D Mark 2, EOS-1D C, EOS-1D Mark II North, EOS 5D Mark 4, EOS 5D Marker III, EOS 5D Marker 2, EOS 5D, EOS 5Ds, EOS 5Ds R, EOS R5, EOS 6D Mark II, EOS 6D, EOS R6, EOS R, EOS Ra, EOS RP, EOS 7D Mark Two, 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 Insubordinate T6i/EOS 750D), EOS Buss X7i (EOS REBEL T5i/EOS 700D), EOS Kiss X6i (EOS REBEL T4i/EOS 650D), EOS Kiss X10 (EOS Insubordinate SL3/EOS 250D/EOS 200D Two), EOS Kiss X9 (EOS Rebel SL2/EOS 200D), EOS Osculation X7 (EOS Insubordinate SL1/EOS 100D), EOS Kiss X5 (EOS Rebel T3i/EOS 600D), EOS Kiss X4 (EOS Rebel T2i/EOS 550D), EOS Kiss X3 (EOS REBEL T1i/EOS 500D), EOS Kiss X2 (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS 450D), EOS Kiss X90 (EOS Rebel T7/EOS 2000D/EOS 1500D), EOS Kiss X80 (EOS REBEL T6/EOS 1300D), EOS Kiss X70 (EOS Insubordinate T5/EOS 1200D), EOS Buss X50 (EOS REBEL T3/EOS 1100D), EOS Buss F (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D), EOS Kiss Digital Ten (EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL), EOS Osculation Digital N (EOS DIGITAL Insubordinate XT/EOS 350D DIGITAL), EOS Kiss Yard (EOS M50), EOS M6 Mark II, EOS M6, EOS M5, EOS M3, EOS M2, EOS One thousand, EOS M10, EOS M200, EOS M100, PowerShot G9 Ten Mark II, PowerShot G9 X, PowerShot G7 X Marking III, PowerShot G7 X Marker 2, PowerShot G7 X, PowerShot G5 X Mark 2, PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G3 Ten, PowerShot G1 X Marking 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
East-M1, E-M5, E-M10, E-P1, E-P2, East-P3, E-P5, E-PL3, East-PL5, Eastward-PL7, OM-D E-M5 Marker Two

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

Sony
A7, A7R, A7S, A7 Marker 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 Ii, RX100 Marking Iii, RX100 Mark IV

DNG files
All .dng files

Turn back up & sync on or off

Before you start, make sure you're signed in.

  • Choose the Google Account to back upward photos and videos: Nether "Backup account", tap the account name.
  • Change your upload size: Tap Upload size. Learn more than nearly upload sizes.
  • Dorsum upwards device folders: Tap Dorsum upwards device folders and select the folders you lot desire to back up.
  • Support on mobile data: If yous don't want to wait for Wi-Fi to back up your videos, under "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 up Settings and tap Back up & sync and then Cell data usage and turn on Back up 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 option is currently available to some users on operators similar Verizon and AT&T in the US. If you use one of these operators, you may see an option that enables backup for 'Wi-Fi and unrestricted mobile data'.

Of import: Admission to unrestricted data may exist express to 5G.

Set a daily back upwards limit

Troubleshoot problems with machine fill-in

Important: Back up & sync might not work well if you have battery optimization turned on for the Photos app. If y'all accept this outcome, you tin can turn off bombardment 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 Account.
  3. At the top right, tap your account profile photo or initial.
  4. You can view if backup is complete or if you have items in wait to dorsum up. Learn how to ready backup issues.

Costs to back up

Equally of June 1, 2021, any new photos or videos you support in Storage saver quality (previously named High quality) or Express quality volition count toward your Google Business relationship storage. Photos and videos backed upwards in Original quality will continue to count toward your Google Account storage. Learn more virtually photo and video backup options.

Each Google Business relationship comes with 15 GB of storage.

Check your Google Business relationship storage.

Important: Whatsoever photos or videos y'all've backed up in Loftier quality or Express quality before June 1, 2021 won't count toward your Google Account storage.

Related resources

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

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