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With Google Photos, it has been discovered that photos uploaded from iPhone can be saved in their original size for free and unlimited. However, Google recognizes this situation as a “bug” and says it is working on a fix.
Google "It was a bug"
With Google photo storage service, Google Photos, it has been discovered that photos taken with iPhone can be saved in unlimited size for free with their original size.
When overseas media AndroidPolice confirmed with Google, the person in charge of Goolge admits that HEIC / HEIF format images are stored as they are, and that HEIC / HEIF format images can be uploaded for free and unlimited It was.
The Google rep said, “We are aware of this bug and are working on a fix.”
What is Google's "fix"?
The content of the “correction” intended by Google is unknown because it has not been told specifically.
AndroidPolice lists several possible possibilities.
- Count the storage capacity in use in HEIC / HEIF format as a paid plan
- Forcibly convert HEIC / HEIF format images to JPEG format and compress them
- Compress in a format different from HEIC format
However, the media commented that “any method is full of landmines” and that Google ’s “correction” cannot be foreseen.
In addition, the charge system of Google storage service Google One is as follows.
- Up to 15GB: Free
- Up to 100GB: 250 yen per month
- Up to 200GB: 380 yen per month
- Up to 2TB: 1,300 yen per month
- Up to 10TB: 13,000 yen per month
- Up to 20TB: 26,000 yen per month
Source: AndroidPolice via MacRumors
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Source: iPhone Mania