Users can search for anything in photos, with the service returning results from three major categories: People, Places, and Things. The service automatically analyzes photos, identifying various visual features and subjects. The previous free tier, unlimited photos and videos up to 16 megapixels and 1080p resolution respectively (anything larger gets down-scaled to these sizes), ended on the same day. It was announced in May 2015 and spun off from Google+, the company's former social network.Īs of June 1, 2021, in its free tier, any newly uploaded photo and video counts towards the 15 GB free storage quota shared across the user's Google services, with the exception of current Pixel phones. Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google.
