Google announces that Drive and Photos will no longer sync
CAPE TOWN – Google announced that it will no longer be syncing Google drive and Google Photos as of the 10th of July.
This means that new photos and videos in Google Drive won’t automatically show up in your Google Photos account, and new content won’t be added to Google Drive.
Google said in a statement: "Starting in July, new photos and videos from Drive won’t automatically show in Photos. Similarly, new photos and videos in Photos will not be added to the Photos folder in Drive. Photos and videos you delete in Drive will not be removed from Photos. Similarly, items you delete in Photos will not be removed from Drive. This change is designed to help prevent accidental deletion of items across products."
“Our goal with these changes is to simplify some features that caused confusion for our users, based on feedback and our own research.”
Google also announced that it would be bringing a new feature to Google Photos called “Upload from Drive,” which allows users to manually copy images from their Drive account to the Photos app.
It also that users will still be able to use Backup and Sync on Windows or macOS to upload to both services in High Quality or Original Quality.
Written by: Gabriella Steyn.
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