Google Photos unlimited storage is over — unless you own a Google Pixel

Google Photos unlimited storage is over — unless you lot own a Google Pixel

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Google Photos' era of unlimited storage is coming to an end. Unless you lot have a Google Pixel phone that is.

Luckily, owners of Pixel devices volition proceed to go certain perks. And depending on the model, information technology will net users different tiers of unlimited Google Photos storage.

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If yous happen to exist a Pixel user already, or program to buy i, here's the run-down of the Google Photos benefits you tin yet get.

Google Pixel/ Pixel Xl

The showtime-generation Google Pixel and Google Pixel Twoscore get the best deal out of all the phones. Google offered total-quality back-ups for life when these phones launched, and although Google Photos is changing, this offer isn't ending.

That's all well and good, but these phones are coming upwards to 5 years old, and so information technology won't make a skilful primary device anymore. It's certainly worth hanging onto them if you lot already own it however, since information technology even so takes skilful photos, has strong battery life and has been updated to the relatively recent Android ten.

Google Pixel 2/ Pixel ii 40

Unlimited total-quality photos were available for the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 Forty, until Jan 2021. At present you lot get unlimited "Storage Saver" infinite instead, It'south not the best quality, but information technology at least lets you keep all your shots rubber in the cloud.

Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL — (Image credit: Time to come)

In its twenty-four hours, the Pixel 2 series offered cracking performance and battery life. While these have been surpassed by more recent phones, it tin can still take fantabulous photos, and is compatible with Android 11 but like make-new phones are.

Google Pixel 3/Pixel 3 XL

Yous still accept a year left to savour unlimited full-quality storage with the Pixel three and Pixel 3 Twoscore. Later January 31, 2022, this will end and you lot'll have to settle for Storage Saver space like the Pixel 2 gang does.

We loved both the standard and Twoscore versions of the Pixel 3 at launch. They continued Google's trend of great photos and powerful performance, peculiarly with the improver of its course-leading Night Sight low-calorie-free photography manner.

Google Pixel 4/iv XL, Google Pixel v, Google Pixel 3a/3a XL, Google Pixel 4a/4a 5G

Google's stopped offering full-quality dorsum-ups for more than contempo Pixel phones. Essentially if you own a Pixel that launched in 2019 or later, you get lifetime Storage Saver space, but no pick for full-quality storage unless you lot pay like a normal user. It seems unlikely that Google will make this offer more than generous for the upcoming Google Pixel 5a and Google Pixel half-dozen, just we can dream.

Google Pixel measure heart rate and breathing — (Image credit: Shutterstock)

At least these phones are even so some of the all-time Android phones around. The Pixel 5 is a great alternative take on how flagship phones can apply Android to its fullest potential, just as the Pixel iv and Pixel four XL did before, albeit with less refined features like the infamous Motion Sense gesture controls.

Google Pixel 4a review — (Image credit: Tom's Guide)

If yous're on a upkeep, the Pixel 4a is the best of the all-time inexpensive phones on offer right now, only like the Pixel 3a was when it first launched. They both offer excellent features for the toll, particularly when it comes to photography.

Google Pixel 4a 5G review — (Image credit: Tom's Guide)

The Pixel 4a 5G sits in a weird spot between the flagship and budget Pixel phones. It'south a little too expensive to be considered a inexpensive phone, but information technology offers identical cameras and the same processor as the Pixel five, making information technology great if yous desire some but not all of the flagship feel.

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Richard is a Tom's Guide staff author based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, audio and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he'southward too written for WIRED U.Chiliad., The Register and Artistic Bloq. When not at work, he'south likely thinking most how to mash the perfect loving cup of specialty coffee.