
Under Photos and Albums, you can peruse and organize your content. When you open the app again, you'll have access to your photo and video content through three tabs: Assistant, Photos and Albums. Once you're finished, it's time to familiarize yourself with the Google Photos interface. The more photos you have, the longer this automated process will take, so don't be worried if it takes a while to finish up. Once you hit continue, the back up & sync process begins (presuming you are on a Wi-Fi network or using cellular data). Two, it won't affect the quality of the photos you've taken on your iPhone: The high quality option compresses photos to a 16 MP maximum, but at this point, all iPhones already take photos at 16 MP or smaller. One, photos uploaded at this size do not count against the 15 GB of free Google Drive storage associated with your Google Account. Here, you should choose "High Quality" for two reasons. The next screen asks you to confirm upload size. Launching Google Photos for iOS for the first time You can always change this and other settings later. Whether you wish to enable cellular data for this sync and future syncing is up to you, but we recommend leaving it off (assuming you have access to a Wi-Fi network) so you don't inadvertently put a strain on your data plan. Here, switch the "Back up & sync" toggle to the blue on position. Here, you'll set your preferences for how the photos saved on your device should be uploaded to the Google Drive cloud. Next, you'll encounter the Back up & sync screen. Make sure you're selecting the account you want to associate your photo library with for the long term. If you have more than one Google account, choose carefully. If you've used any other Google services, including Gmail, use the same credentials. When you launch it for the first time, you'll be asked to sign into your Google account. Download and install the app on your iPhone or iPad. Apart from deleting old pics and purchasing a paid iCloud subscription, there's another option for alleviating storage woes: using Google Photos for iOS.īelow, we provide instructions for backing up all of the photos on your phone to Google Drive via the Google Photos for iOS app, so you can delete them from your phone (and the iCloud) as needed.

Many iPhone users have wrestled with storage limits, especially when it comes to managing the device's camera roll.
