While the Photos app is the default gallery app on iPhone, most people prefer Google Photos for backing up media files. Google’s solution offers more cloud storage (15GB versus Apple’s 5GB), a seamless sharing experience, and it’s a better option for someone who frequently switches between iPhone and Android.
If you’ve been thinking about switching from Apple Photos to Google Photos, here’s how you can sync your Photos library with the Google Photos app. Google One plan subscribers can have virtual backups as part of Google Photos. Sync your entire Photos library with Google Photos.
1. Enable Backup & Sync in Google Photos
To add photos in your Photos app to the Google Photos app, you can turn on automatic syncing. You’ll need to download the Google Photos app from the App Store.
Then, open the app and sign in with your Google account details. Then follow the steps below to enable backup and sync in settings.
Step 1: Open the Google Photos app on your iPhone, tap on your Google account photo in the top right corner and select ‘Google Photos Settings.’
Step 2: Tap on Backup & sync option and enable the toggle to Backup & sync. Under that option, you’ll see how much storage is available in your Google One account.
Google Photos will then start syncing photos from your Apple Photos library. This process may take a while depending on how many photos and videos you have on your iPhone.
Customize Google Photos sync quality on iPhone
By default, Google Photos uses original quality for media backup and will not use mobile data to perform syncing. If you want to tweak the options and remove these restrictions, the Google Photos app will let you do that.
Step 1: Launch the Google Photos app on your iPhone, tap the Google account photo in the top right corner to open Settings, then select ‘Google Photos Settings.’
Step 2: Tap Backup & sync and select Upload size. If you are working with large amounts of mobile data on your iPhone, you can enable the toggles for ‘Use Cellular Data for Photo Backup’ and ‘Use Cellular Data for Backup’ video’.
Step 3: From the pop-up, change from Original Quality to Space Saver.
Space saver will store more photos with slightly reduced quality. This option is suitable for users with little storage space in their Google account.
Sync Apple’s Favorite Photos with Google Photos
Apple’s Photos app lets you mark certain photos as your favorites for quick access to them instead of scrolling through your entire photo library. Luckily, you don’t need to re-add your favorites in Google Photos. Google automatically syncs your favorites from Apple Photos. But for that, here’s what you need to do.
Step 1: Open the Google Photos app, tap the Google account photo in the upper right corner to open Settings. Then select ‘Google Photos Settings.’
Step 2: Scroll down to Apple Photos.
Step 3: Enable the Sync Favorites switch from the following menu.
While syncing your Apple Photos media library, Google Photos will put all liked photos in the Library > Favorites menu.
Enable Background App Refresh in Google Photos
This is suitable for older iPhone models with 2GB-3GB RAM. iOS pauses background tasks, even when apps are open in the recent apps menu. You need to enable background app refresh for Google Photos for the upload to go smoothly.
Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone and scroll down to Google Photos.
Step 2: Turn on Background App Refresh toggle.
Turn off iCloud photo sync
Now that you’re syncing all the photos on your iPhone with the Google Photos service, you don’t need to upload them to iCloud through the Photos app. Turn off sync for Apple Photos.
Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Tap your username at the top.
Step 3: Then, click on iCloud and select Photos from the following screen.
Step 4: Turn off iCloud Photos toggle and stop syncing media with the iCloud platform.
You can even go ahead and manage iCloud more efficiently to stop paying for higher iCloud plans.
Remove uploaded Google Photos media from iPhone
iCloud has a neat feature to delete backed up media files from the phone storage to free up device space. Google Photos has a similar functionality, and we highly recommend it if you’re dealing with low storage on your iPhone.
Step 1: Open the Google Photos app on your iPhone, tap on the Google account photo in the top right corner and select ‘Google Photos Settings.’
Step 2: Tap the ‘manage device storage’ menu.
Step 3: Select the Free up space button. Google Photos will delete the photos and videos on your iPhone that were part of the backup.
Whenever you want to access those media files, you can download them from Google Photos.
Use the Google Photos widget
Now that you’ve synced your Apple Photos library with Google Photos, it’s time to use the Google Photos iOS widget to check out your memories right from the home screen.
Step 1: Long press on an empty space on the home screen, the app icons will start wiggling. Then, tap the + icon in the top left corner.
Step 2: Select Google Photos from the list of widgets.
Step 3: Choose your preferred widget size and tap the Add Widget button to insert it into the home screen.
Google Photos as a backup of Apple Photos
If you’re still confused about switching from Apple Photos to Google Photos, read our dedicated comparison to find out which is better for your needs. While you’re at it, tell us why you moved your photo library from iCloud to Google Photos on your iPhone.
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