When unlimited Google Photos became paid two years ago, many of us looked for alternatives to save our photos and videos to the cloud. AND I found the best solution where I least expected it and without spending moreAlthough this point is written in lowercase because I mention my Amazon Prime subscription, which is a basic requirement for its use. I’m Prime because of the fast and free shipping, but the truth is that I’m increasingly taking advantage of extra services like Prime Video, or in this case, Amazon Pictures.

Once the decision was made, I installed the app (free in the Play Store for Android and the App Store for iPhone) on my personal iPhone and a couple of Android phones I use for fixes, signed in (see Terms of Use) and gave Amazon access to all my photos. Then I turned on autosave on my devices. To avoid wasting my data, I set these backups to only happen when I have Wi-Fi. The perspective that the past two years have gained me confirms that I made the right decision: Amazon Photos has not only been a worthy alternative, I like it even more today.

Amazon Photos vs Google Photos in my experience

One of the things that happens What I like most about Amazon Photos is that it saves photos in original quality and it doesn’t compress them unless we want them to, so they are saved just like we did manually on the computer, keeping formats like PNG, HEIC or JPG. This is a big advantage over Google Photos (in its favor, the compression it does is quite subtle, but it’s quite noticeable in RAW), especially if you make the most of your phone’s capabilities, are a demanding person, or work easily with captured images with subsequent editing. Personally, photos are what I use the most, so for me this is a winner.

Another thing that was most useful to me is the facial recognition feature of Amazon Photos; This is handy for editing photos and works quite well. I must admit, this is a must. Search engine less powerful than Google Photos while defining some things. So while Google Photos can return sunset photos when searching for ‘orange’, Amazon Photos stays on fruit.

Likewise, the opportunity to share albums has been a luxury for me, and if you do it with people who love working with originals, they will appreciate it even more. Yes definitely, You may find that Google Photos is still the favorite option when it comes to sharing This means that when you use another platform, you will be deprived of the ability to create a shared album where multiple people can upload content.

‘I was orphaned’ in video storage

But Amazon Photos isn’t perfect, and its real problem is with videos. Because when it comes to recording videos, your storage is no longer unlimited, but limited to only 5 GB; This is something that takes a lot of time in practice, especially if, like me, you want to take advantage of my mobile phones’ cameras. While it’s true that Google Photos has significant limitations regarding quality, as it automatically uploads videos at a maximum of 1080p (goodbye to 4K), at least you’ve got them safe and handy. forever.

I currently manage to save my best videos locally the old-fashioned way, but this requires manual effort and elimination. I’ve already been paying for Apple storage for a few years, but the truth is that in a relatively short period of time I hit the limit and had to pay more. This is what it takes to record sufficient and high-quality video. Her eyes I miss Google Photosat least in the sense that I always have the memories with me, because I’m more interested in videos than quality (in a general sense, because I don’t work with video).

There are those who choose to buy an old Google Pixel to upload all their videos and photos to Google Photos, taking advantage of Google’s promise and the truth is that it pays off if you factor in subscription services and the price of hard drives. in the medium term.. It may seem silly, but this is an intangible feature. At this point it is a real plus when choosing a mobile phone from the Android ecosystem.. Not to mention the quality of the device, even though it’s a few years old.

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