TechSoftwareAppsGoogle Photos is getting one of its best free upgrades everGoogle drops the paywall to make some of Google Photos' very best features freeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSoftwareAppsGoogle Photos is getting one of its best free upgrades everGoogle drops the paywall to make some of Google Photos' very best features freeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Google drops the paywall to make some of Google Photos' very best features free
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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WhenGoogleannounced its various AI-powered features for Google Photos last year, there was a catch: you needed to pay for them or buy a Pixel phone. That’s now changed, and Google has made some of its very best Photos tools completely free to everybody oniOS,Androidand ChromeOS.
As you’ll see from the list, a lot of goodies are going free. According to9to5google, they are:
There are still some Pixel and Google One perks: Pixel owners and Google One subscribers will get unlimited saves in Magic Editor on Android, while other mobile users will be limited to ten monthly saves.
How to get Google Photos' best features for free
If you have iOS, Android or a Chromebook, all you really need to do is wait: the new features will be “widely available” in May on all three platforms. In terms of system requirements Android users will need to be on Android 8.0 or better, whileAppleowners will need to have iOS 15 or later. 3GB of RAM is recommended for both platforms. Meanwhile on ChromeBooks, the OS requirement is ChromeOS version 118+.
These are really impressive features, and while the previous price wasn’t exactly wallet-threatening – here in the UK the 100GB Google One plan that gave you the extra photo features is £15.99 a year – we know that even a fairly low price tag means a lot of people won’t be using premium features. So you can expect a flood of fakery from family and friends when these features go live next month.
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