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- An APK teardown of the latest version of Google Photos suggests Android users will be able to choose the backup quality of their photos and videos.
- Backups that are compressed will be saved in a permanently reduced size.
- The option to compress full-resolution photos and videos was previously only available on the web.
If you take pictures or record videos frequently, you’ll likely find yourself running up against Google Photos’s free 15GB storage limit sooner rather than later. While you have the option to buy extra space, the tech firm also offers a free alternative that compresses backup photos and videos, reducing their size. This feature was only available on the web, but it looks like it could be coming to Android as well.
In the latest version of the Google Photos app, we have spotted strings of code that appear to reference Google Photos’s Storage saver setting. This setting allows the user to choose the backup quality of their photos and videos. If the setting is picked, the file is saved in a permanently reduced size to save on storage space.