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Whether you're a pro photographer or just enjoy snapping photos with your phone, it's important to have a good camera. It's one of the best ways to save your pictures and videos in the cloud, access them from all of your devices, and keep them with high-quality backups, and it's also one of the most convenient ways to do that. You've come to the right place, where we can help you get started with the photo service.

The initial setup process is what you'll go through if you're just opening photos on your phone.

This is the first thing. On your phone, open the photos on the internet.

There are two In the upper-right corner, tap your profile picture.

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There are three. You can choose to turn on backup.

How to enable backup and sync in Google Photos

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There are four. Hit confirm if you choose between original and storage saver.

To confirm the quality of images and videos that you'd like to upload to Photos, you need to know that your basic account storage is 15 gigabytes. It's inclusive of all the services of the company.

If you have a lot of files, you'll need to purchase a subscription plan to expand your account.

How to choose device folders in Google Photos

It is possible to choose which folder on your phone you want to back up. You can back up and sync your devices with the help of this guide.

This is the first thing. You can open the photos in the app.

There are two In the top right corner, tap your profile picture.

There are three. Select the photos you want to use.

There are four. Hit back up

How to choose device folders in Google Photos

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There are six. At the bottom, tap back up device folder.

There are seven. You can enable the button for whichever folder you want.

How to change image quality in Google Photos

It's important to choose the quality of the backups you have. It's no longer possible to save an unlimited number of pictures in high quality, so you need to be thrifty when choosing the quality of your backups.

This is the first thing. On your phone, open the photos on the internet.

There are two Your profile picture can be pressed in the upper right corner.

There are three. Select the photos you want to use.

There are four. Go back up.

There are five. Choose between original quality or storage saver.

How to change image quality in Google Photos

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You've got it. With those few things out of the way, you're ready to start using photos from the internet.

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