TECH TIPS : INSTALL AND SET UP GOOGLE PHOTOS ON YOUR PHONE AND RELAX

Jan 31,2020:    Ever tried Google photos ??   Its available in all android phones but hardly people make use of it. Think of a scenario where you have some important pictures on your mobile and you have left it at home. You really want that pic to get some information which you have clicked on your mobile but you left it at home and there is no one at home to share that important picture. Here is where google photos will come to your rescue.


Google Photo App installed on Mobile

Ofcourse you need to install and set up Google Photos before you can get going. Once installed you need to switch on the Back up and sync button   (as shown in below picture) so that the gallery pictures on your phone gallery can be backed up. It will take some time for all the pictures on your phone to be backed up in  Google Photos. It depends on the file size of your pictures.

Note that you will need internet to backup the photos. It needs to be backed up from time to time. The next time you back up, it wont take much time because only the new photos taken would be backed up.


                                         Turning on Back up and sync button

Now that you have backed up your photos in Google Photos you can access these photots anywhere in the world provided you have an internet connection and you know your Google username and password. Also , the same gmail email id  that you have registered on your mobile must be signed in to access the photos on your computer.

If you wish to access the pictures on your mobile , on any computer go to https://www.google.com/photos/about/  . You will get a page like this(below)

Then it will take you to a page like this . Then go to Google Photos. (Below snapshot)

There you are  Bingo. !!! All the photos on your mobile can be accessed and downloaded. This works for IOS devices too. 

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