Google will restrict free usage of a very popular service.
The company will phase out unlimited storage on Google Photos, it announced Wednesday. The service, launched in 2015, allows users to easily upload, back up and sort through the thousands of images we fill our smartphones with.
Any images users upload beyond June 1, 2021 will count towards the 15 GB limit imposed on Google accounts that already includes files from other services such as Gmail and Google Drive.
After hitting that limit, Google Photos users will have to pay for extra space through the company’s Google One cloud service, which starts at $1.99 a month for 100 GB of storage.
I – Word Understanding
Restrict – to limit
Phase out – to stop or discontinue
II – Have Your Say
1, Are you a user of Google Photos or other cloud photo storage? If yes, why did you choose such service? If not, why and where do you store your photos and other digital files?
2, What photos do you like to share on social media?
3, With technology, it is now very easy to take thousands of photographs and store them digitally. Do we still cherish photographs as much as before?
4, What is/are the most important photos you have? How do you store them?
780 Google Photos hooked users with free unlimited storage. Now that’s changing
