Google announced during its launch event Wednesday that the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL will come
with free unlimited storage for all images and video taken with the devices.
Google generously
offers free unlimited storage for your photos and videos on Google Photos, whereas Apple too has the offering but it comes with a price on top of initial 5 GB quota.
If you don't sign up for a phone contract, it's like a Fire Touch that takes great photos (with
free unlimited storage in the Amazon Cloud for photos AND video), offers a sweet read of your Kindle books, and snaps real - world information with Firefly.
Google is offering Pixel
users free unlimited storage for all their photos and videos shot on the device at full resolution, including 4K video.
During its annual I / O developer summit in 2015, Google
debuted free unlimited storage space for images and videos up to certain resolution ceilings on the then - refashioned Google Photos (a revamped iteration of Picasa).
Apple announced a host of upgrades to the Photo app in iOS 8 just last month, but even
then free unlimited storage wasn't on the table: for iCloud, Apple users get 5 GB of storage for free, but anything after that they'll have to pony up, with prices starting at j99 cents a month for 20 GB, or 200 GB for $ 3.99 a month (higher tiers are also available, but even then Apple's plans max out at 1 TB).
Examples of new cloud services in Fire OS 4 include Family Library so you can share your apps, games, audiobooks, books, and Prime Instant Video content with other members of your household; Firefly so you can identify and take action on artwork, text, and audio instantly — available for over 100 million items; and
free unlimited storage in Cloud Drive for photos taken on Fire devices.
It also has AR Stickers and Pixel users would get
free unlimited storage on Google Cloud to store photos and videos in the original quality.
By default, the app will upload your images at a slightly reduced quality,
offering free unlimited storage, but if you prefer to keep your memories in full resolution, just jump into the Back Up and Sync settings and adjust the Upload Size.
Deeply integrates software, content, and the Amazon cloud to deliver exclusive services like Family Library, Firefly, and
free unlimited storage for photos taken on Fire devices
Free unlimited storage for Pixel 2 users, even 4K video.
For the Pixels you have
free unlimited storage for these in Google Photos, so removing that duplication from your phone presents no problem.
Apple's iCloud gives
you free unlimited storage for all your iTunes - purchased content.
Google is touting the simplicity of Stock Android with no bloatware, latest Google services like Google Assistant,
free unlimited storage of «high quality» photos and videos, timely security updates and timely Android OS upgrades.
Free unlimited storage for all images / video, Pixel users take twice as many photos than iPhone users
Yes, having
free unlimited storage for full resolution pictures in Google Photos is really attractive, but there isn't a huge amount in the experience that really makes this phone different from other Androids.
Included in this OS is Google's new AI assistant called Google Assistant, Google's video and photo sharing service Google Photos that comes with
free unlimited storage and the recently revealed video - calling app Google Duo, among others.