Google announced on the July 21st, 2015, it’s
plan to shut down its Google+ Photos service after the launch of Google Photos
back in May.
“In an effort to
ensure everyone has the best photos experience” it can deliver, Google will be
shutting down Google+ Photos starting on August 1st, 2015. The
Android app will be the first to go, and then the Web service and the iOS will
follow.
No need to panic as your photos and videos will still be
available through Google photos – simply download the new app or visit the
Google Photos website to make the simple switch yourself. If Google Photos
isn’t your cup of tea and you’d like to move your photos elsewhere, the company
also reminds you that you can export all your content from the service using
Google Takeout.
Following the acquisition of Picasa in 2004, offering photo
storage through Picasa Web Albums, it was rumoured in 2011 that Google would
rename the service “Google Photos” and offer unlimited storage.
Two years later, Google did make a big switch, but instead
of launching Google Photos, it switched its online photo services over to
Google+ Photos.
It took two more years, but Google finally did launch Google
Photos and its unlimited storage (with resolution limits) in May 2015. If the
original rumours back in 2011 were true, then switch from Picasa Web Albums to
Google Photos was a trip that took four years and a detour through Google+
Photos.
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