Google sent an email a couple of days ago to all Google Photos users announcing a drastic change in its operation, a change that meant theend of free service. As of June 1, 2021, any image that we upload to our Google account through Google Photos It will be discounted from the space we have available.
Until now, Google Photos allowed us store in High quality all the images and videos that we create from our device or upload through a browser. The problem is that the number of users who use this service is so high that it is no longer profitable.
The only phones can continue to enjoy the storage of High quality of Google Photos will be all Pixel, at least for now, since various rumors suggest that the range of Google terminals will also be affected by this movement.
Thus, Google doesn't want to make distinctions, nor with their own terminals, although this move would have been good for them to increase the sales of their terminals, especially now that they have abandoned the high-end range completely and their terminals are cheaper.
Since its launch, the Pixel range had the possibility of storing a backup copy of all the photographs and videos it takes in original quality. However, with the launch of the Pixel 3 everything changed, and the upload resolution was adapted to the same as the rest of Android terminals.
If we take into account that in the countries where the Pixel 5 is available it has come hand in hand with a 3-month free promotion to 100GB storage service, it is most likely that the exclusivity of the Pixel in Google Photos will finally disappear and that Google does not make distinctions between the entire Android range.
