Google Photos

4.4
51.8M reviews
10B+
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Everyone
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About this app

Google Photos is the home for all your photos and videos, automatically organized and easy to share.

- “The best photo product on Earth” – The Verge
- “Google Photos is your new essential picture app” – Wired

The official Google Photos app is made for the way you take photos today and includes essential features like shared albums, automatic creations and an advanced editing suite. Additionally every Google Account comes with 15 GB of storage and you can choose to automatically back up all your photos and videos in High quality or Original quality. You can then access them from any connected device and on photos.google.com.

With the official app, you get:

15 GB OF STORAGE: Back up 15 GB of photos and videos and access them from any device and photos.google.com—your photos are safe, secure, and private to you. All photos and videos you back up in high quality before June 1, 2021 will not count toward your Google Account storage.

FREE UP SPACE: Never worry about running out of space on your phone again. Photos that are safely backed up can be removed from your device's storage in just a tap.

NO ADS: Google Photos doesn't sell your photos, videos, or personal information to anyone and we don't use your photos and videos for advertising.

FAST AND POWERFUL SEARCH: Your photos are now searchable by the people, places and things in them — no tagging required.

GOOGLE LENS: Search the hard-to-describe and get stuff done, right from a photo. Copy and translate text, identify plants and animals, add events to your calendar, find products online, and more.

ADVANCED EDITING SUITE: Transform photos with a tap. Use intuitive and powerful photo editing tools to apply content-aware filters, adjust lighting, and more.

AUTOMATIC CREATIONS: Bring photos to life with automatically created movies, collages, animations, panoramas, and more from your photos. Or easily create them yourself.

SHARING SUGGESTIONS: With smart sharing suggestions, giving your friends the photos you took of them is painless. And they can add their photos, too, so you’ll finally get the photos you’re actually in.

LIVE ALBUMS: Select the people and pets you want to see and Google Photos will automatically add photos of them as you take them, no manual updates needed.*

PHOTO BOOKS: Create a photo book in just minutes from your phone or computer. You can also see suggested photo books based on your best shots from a trip or period of time.*

SEND PHOTOS IN SECONDS: Instantly share photos with any contact, email, or phone number.

SHARED LIBRARIES: Grant a trusted person access to all of your photos.

You can also upgrade storage for your Google Account, used for Original Quality photos and videos by subscribing to Google One. Subscriptions start at $1.99/month for 100 GB in the US. Pricing and availability can vary by region.

- Google One Terms of Service: https://one.google.com/terms-of-service
- One Google Pricing: https://one.google.com/about

For additional help visit https://support.google.com/photos

Google Photos is also available on Wear OS for the Google Pixel Watch. Set your favorite photos as your watch face.

*Face grouping, live albums and photo books are not available in all countries.
Updated on
Apr 22, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 8 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
Independent security review

Ratings and reviews

4.4
50.3M reviews
Katie Hu
April 8, 2025
It's great for storing/organizing your own photos and videos on your own device/account. However, photo and video editing are often buggy. Shared albums are missing basic auto-sorting features and adding videos to them can result in them being stuck in the processing phase in perpetuity. The files aren't corrupted; the software just isn't working as it should and there are no steps to troubleshoot or easily refresh/restart the upload process.
513 people found this review helpful
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Google LLC
April 9, 2025
We're sorry to hear you're having trouble, Katie. For Android devices, check this article: goo.gle/37eSSXM. Also, feel free to share feedback with us here: https://goo.gle/3gaHLEz.
Stephanie Mandeville
April 6, 2025
Downloaded images are too hard to find now! There was a big update a few months ago that changed the layout of the app. It added a bunch of folders to the "On this device" section, and now it is so impossible to find images I've downloaded. It doesn't matter if I'm downloading them from Facebook, Gmail or messages; it seems like they sometimes show up in the download folder, and sometimes they're nowhere to be found. It's so frustrating!!
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Google LLC
April 6, 2025
Hi Stephanie. The Collections view is the new destination where you can find photos, videos, and Google Photos features more quickly and easily. The Collections view replaces the Library tab. Learn more: https://goo.gle/46IVLQA. Also, you can search your photos for anything. Learn more: https://goo.gle/3yC2saj.
Cheri
March 31, 2025
Google Photos Search used to provide swift accurate results, one photo or groups of photos of a person, topic, location, etc Unfortunately, photo search has become a cumbersome task. Plus figuring out how to word intuitive thought into what AI needs to find photos & still receive less accurate results. You can switch Classic and Gemini but, even Classic is affected to the point that it's less accurate. We pay for Google 1 Fam so this adds a layer of disappointment. I hope there's a fix soon.
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Google LLC
April 1, 2025
Hi Cheri. We’ve heard your feedback and have updated Search. Please update the app to the latest version. If you’re still having issues, please send in-app feedback adding “#search”: https://goo.gle/4ewu28p.

What’s new

We are introducing a new storage management tool to help you easily manage the photos that count toward your storage quota. This tool will surface photos or videos you might want to delete — like blurry photos, screenshots and large videos.