Google telah membuat perubahan ke atas polisi servis Google Photos iaitu dengan menghentikan penawaran storan percuma bagi servis storan awan tersebut.
“...we are changing our unlimited High quality storage policy.” Google
Google memaklumkan, bermula 1 Jun 2021, pengguna Google Photos hanya akan menerima storan percumanya bersaiz 15GB sahaja.
Walau bagaimanapun, Google menjelaskan, pengguna masih boleh memuat naik gambar atau video berkualiti tinggi ke Google Photos sebelum 1 Jun 2021.
“Any photos or videos you’ve uploaded in High quality before June 1, 2021 will not count toward your 15GB of free storage. This means that photos and videos backed up before June 1, 2021 will still be considered free and exempt from the storage limit. You can verify your backup quality at any time in the Photos app by going to back up & sync in Settings.” Google
Jadi hanya bermula 1 Jun 2021 nanti, selepas kapasiti saiz storan awan itu dipenuhi, barulah pengguna perlu melanggan plan servis storan awan Google One yang berharga USD1.99 sebulan untuk kapasiti storan 100GB.
“If you decide you want more space, you can always expand your storage through Google One. Plans start at $1.99 per month in the U.S. for 100 GB of storage and include additional member benefits like access to Google experts, shared family plans and more.” Google.
Tetapi istimewa bagi pengguna telefon pintar Pixel dari model pertama hingga ke-5, mereka terkecuali dari polisi baru ini. Jadi mereka boleh terus menggunakan servis storan awan percuma Google Photos tanpa had menerusi telefon Pixel mereka.
If you have a Pixel 1-5, photos uploaded from that device won’t be impacted. Photos and videos uploaded in High quality from that device will continue to be exempt from this change, even after June 1, 2021.
— David Lieb (@dflieb) November 11, 2020
Jadi bagi pengguna Google Photos, anda perlulah bijak menguruskan foto-foto yang terdapat di dalam peranti anda bermula dari sekarang.