The computer versions of Google Photos have the ability to recognise people, pets, landmarks, buildings, types of food and more, and automatically group them together to create albums. Users may search for anything in images, with results coming from three main categories: people, places, and things.

Google Photos is a Google-developed photo sharing and storing service that analyses photographs automatically, recognising numerous visual elements and topics. More information can be found over at the Google Blog (opens in new tab) or our explainer about what your options are now that Google Photos is going to be less appealing than before.If you use both Google Photos and Google Drive, you may be wondering why they aren’t connected anymore. Google has also promised users that they will still get to choose what quality your files are stored in, as is currently the case. Photos and videos will be stored in the same quality as before, just compressed down from their original file size. Google is also set to rename the 'High Quality Storage' tier to 'Storage Saver,' though that’s about the extent of the change. Google estimates that around 80% of users will be able to store three years of photos on the free tier, so it’s not like you’re going to be short of space. Every user will get a personalized estimate of how long their storage will last, as well as notifications when they start to close in on their limit. The search giant is also set to make Google Photos a lot easier to understand.

Optional: choose to store photos in 'high quality' (compressed) or 'original' (uncompressed).

(If you're still cleaning out your library of bad photos, turn it off.

You'll see a new section titled 'blurry photos'.

(Image credit: Google) Cull your bad photos in Google Photos

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