Google Photos APK breakdown reveals Nexus users may get unlimited full-res uploads

28 May, 2016
Here’s good news for Nexus Owners that love taking a lot of photos and videos. According to Android Police, an APK breakdown reveals code that suggests Nexus device users can upload an unlimited amount of original quality photos that will not count against their Google Drive storage allotment.

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  • AnonD-463876
  • Y7u
  • 30 May 2016

"Google Photos stores an unlimited amount of photos at a maximum of 16MP," I didn't know that, my phones camera is 13MP and I've been saving everything in its original quality, this now gives me a very good reason to choose high quality instead and save some storage space.

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    • AnonD-463876
    • Y7u
    • 30 May 2016

    AnonD-542958, 30 May 2016Is there an option to upload when in wifi network only? I a... moreYes of course, I have it set up that way.

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      • AnonD-542958
      • vpc
      • 30 May 2016

      Is there an option to upload when in wifi network only? I am afraid to turn on the back up option because I always connect my phone via mobile data, and it my eat up all my data. Thanks!

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        • Thabani Dube
        • Sf{
        • 29 May 2016

        kunthan doshi, 29 May 2016it is work on lenovo k3 note ?I highly doubt it will work as that is not a Nexus device.

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          • kunthan doshi
          • bET
          • 29 May 2016

          it is work on lenovo k3 note ?

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            • AnonD-82281
            • rfg
            • 28 May 2016

            Does Pixel C count as a Nexus device?

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              • AnonD-541274
              • th1
              • 28 May 2016

              I wonder why those media files were restricted from high quality in the first place. Is it that hard or long for them to stack up in the database? Or file support transfer? Im guessing here..

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                • zodiacfml
                • nCe
                • 28 May 2016

                Seems unlikely. After numerous tests by users, the compression by Photos is decent which means it is more efficient than the compression applied by our devices.

                  I wonder if this is only for photos shot with the Nexus¿
                  If I can get unltd photo space for all my 18+ mp photos then I'll switch back to the Nexus

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