Backing up the camera roll in Google Photos is now easier, with a new step by some manufacturers by including their own image galleries: Xiaomi, OPPO, OnePlus and Realme include a new option To create backup copies in the Google images app. The new setting is active in newer versions of galleries.

Google Photos may have lost a lot of its appeal when the company decided to turn off the tap on unlimited backups, but that doesn’t mean it stopped being a good app, especially for users. content classification and search. And also for Google cloud backup: Besides the free 15GB that every account offers, there is always the option to add space with a Google One subscription, and this extra space needs to be filled.

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Google Photos support in OPPO gallery

One of the paradoxes of Android devices is that depending on the manufacturer of the phone or tablet, the will contain a lot of duplicate applications. For example, Samsung or Xiaomi phones add their own browsers in addition to Google Chrome, their own application stores and, in addition to what interests us, they also include default image galleries. Except for Google Photos.

The agreement between manufacturers and Google to include the Play Store and Google Play Services includes a number of mandatory Google Apps such as Photos. And now there’s a new step in that deal: HyperOS and ColorOS photo galleries and their respective variants (MIUI, OxygenOS…), They contain settings for syncing content with Google cloud. This gives users more possibilities as they can back up their reels to the account they started their Android with; In exchange for greater amounts of data for Google.

As Android Police discovered, both OPPO (and its secondary brands) Photo gallery and Xiaomi have been seen adding settings to expand backup options.

• OPPO includes backup in Google Photos. The new version of the app adds a setting to the gallery settings that allows content to automatically sync with Google Photos. In addition, it shows the available space on the account with links to its management and the volume of mobile data consumed during synchronization.
• Xiaomi adds two-way synchronization to its real app. The manufacturer had already removed the backup from its cloud in favor of Google Photos, but as Mishaal Rahman discovered at Android Police, synchronization also goes in the opposite direction: Xiaomi’s gallery allows you to automatically import all images and videos from Google Photos.

The news shows closer collaboration between Google and its partners. And this is also an advantage for those of us who use our phones, because we can choose the simpler standard galleries. Without losing the option to create copies in Google Photos. Because yes, Google gallery is very good but it is also quite heavy. And having options is always good news.

Cover image | Ivan Linares

via | Android Police

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