For people who have been debating whether to pay Google for additional cloud storage or not, today Google has just sweetened the deal by giving a new photo.editing tools to Google One subscribers.
In a blog post, Google outlined the new effects that will be added to Google Photos for people with Google One subscriptions, which include transfer features that were previously only available on Pixel phones. New effects even include support for photos captured by old phones you don’t have the same set of depth sensors available on newer devices or in any existing photos you’ve taken.
New editing features include Portrait Blur and Portrait Lighting to help enhance images you’ve captured from friends and family Blur and pop color effects to help highlight a particular theme or emphasize specific nuances and tones. And, as usual, you can apply these effects yourself or let Google Photos make its own changes with automatic suggestions.
There is even support for more advanced editing effects, which Google is calling ddynamic suggestions, that use machine learning to adjust various parameters, including brightness, contrast and color saturation, all with a single touch. For landscape photographers, Google even created a special sky hint filter (example above) that can add extra drama to your shot by modifying various settings and overlaying a handful of “color palettes” inspired by exits and sunset. awesome sun “.
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In addition to the new effects, Google is also adding a new video editor to Google Photos for all users (even those who don’t pay) with more than 30 different configurations and controls, including trimming, stabilizing, adding filters, changing perspectives, and more.
However, while it is carry To be annoyed about new features for free, it’s important to mention the new Google Photos updates for people with Google One subscriptions who arrive a few months before Google disable unlimited storage in Google Photos. Starting in June, anyone with more than 15GB of photos will have to find another place to store their images or pay $ 2 a month for 100GB of cloud storage with Google One.
On the one hand, it was always clear that free and unlimited storage in Google Photos was too good a deal to last forever, but at the same time people a make a tough decision about what to do with all the digital media you have captured along the years.
WWhen it comes to cloud storage, the 15GB of free storage you get from Google Photos is three times the amount of space you get from Apple iCloud or Microsoft OneDrive, which they only offer 5GB of free storage. So if you no longer have storage capacity in Google Photos, switching to one of the other major cloud storage providers will probably save you money.
And if you decide to opt for additional cloud storage, right now Google One i Microsoft OneDrive upload $ 2 a month for an additional 100GB of space (or $ 3 a month for 200GB with Google One) Apple charges $ 1 a month for 50 GB or $ 3 a month for 200 GB. It’s a nuisance that Google Photos is no longer completely free, but Google One is still a good deal compared to the competition.
Google One subscribers on Android you will see the new photo editing features “Over the next few days” and the new videothe editing features (which are already available on iOS) will be available on Android over the “next few weeks”.