![]() If that sounds like a fun time, I’ll let you have it. It’s a somewhat intense system that may even require you to set a static IP for the Pixel in your router settings to make sure the sync never stops working. Whenever they took new photos on their new phone, instead of backing up to Google Photos from there, they would send the photos to the old Pixel to do that. Option 1: In that reddit thread, the OP laid out a scenario where they would take an original Google Pixel, setup some sort of remote sync between their current phone and the Pixel using Solid Explorer, its FTP server function, and an app called FolderSync. Assuming Google doesn’t change the way backups from Pixel phones work, a reddit thread from this weekend details a couple of ways you can take advantage. The original Pixel, for example, still gets to backup at Original quality for life, while the Pixel 2 through Pixel 5 all get to at least upload in High Quality. What I’m getting at here is that you could potentially use an old Google Pixel phone to backup your photos to Google Photos in an unlimited capacity. When Google announced that Photos would no longer be fully free come this June, they acknowledged that their promise to keep unlimited on their current Pixel phones would remain, at least for now. The other option to keep in mind is that an old Google Pixel phone could be a way to keep unlimited for longer.įor those not familiar with Google’s Pixel phone backup perk, you can go back as far as the original Pixel and up through the Pixel 5 to find unlimited Google Photos backups that won’t go away any time soon. It’ll bring on tough choices for some, as their entire photo histories are on Google Photos, and they’ll need to decide if sticking with Google is the play or if another service will offer something better. You can’t select individual images instead.In a few months, Google Photos will lose its access to unlimited high quality photo uploads. Note: this only works with all images at once. This will convert all Original quality photos to High quality and free up as much space as possible. If you don’t have them anywhere else, it would be wise to back them up to your local storage. Before you proceed, keep in mind that you’ll lose all Original-quality photos. If for some reason you want to reduce the quality of backed-up photos to the Original quality, the process is fairly easy. Downgrading from Original to High-Quality Now all your locally stored images and videos will be uploaded again, only this time in original quality.
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