It is a fact that we cannot imagine ourselves without our smartphones since it has all our essential apps and files. Other than important files and apps, there is one thing that not a single person cannot afford to lose at any cost, and that is our photos and memories. In context to that, we use a bunch of photo galleries to store all our photos, but one of the best apps that one can ever find is the Google Photos which was developed by the search engine god itself.
Since the app is quite famous among Android users worldwide, Google decided to make off the league updates within the app. One such update is the Express backup. We can all admit that there are no such apps on the play store that can backup your photos better than Google Photos which is the reason why Google decided to introduce such a feature to their loyal and dedicated users.
After a long waiting period, Google has finally decided to launch its express backup feature in Google Photos to all the Android users in India. In last December itself, Google ran a test on the Express backup feature with a small percentage of Android developers.
On this Tuesday, Google stated that the feature has been started to rolling out to more users in the country and will be finished by the end of this week.
As a matter of fact, according to the speed of spreading this feature out to the public in India, the Express backup option will reach all Android users in India along with the latest version of Google Photos by the end of this week. However, you can find the Express backup option in the backup settings in the Google Photos app.
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For those who have no idea of the express backup, well you’ve come to the right place. The express backup provides the users with faster backup at a noticeably reduced resolution, which provides an individual with a satisfaction that his/her memories are saved in their treasury even there is no internet or Wi-Fi connectivity.
Quite recently, Google made a statement which goes like this “Over the past week, we’ve started spreading the word out for Express backup to more users in India and most probably by the end of the week, Android users, specifically who are using the latest version of Google Photos should be able to see it as an option for backup”.
Now, it is clear that the users will have the option to choose whether to go for original quality or high quality which gives the users total liberty over their backing up habits. Whereas Google is also planning on releasing a new data cap for backup purposes. Well, now the question is how is to help a user to backup stuff that is important to him. Apparently, the data cap will help the user to manage the control over the back up process via cellular data. With the help of that, a user is totally is free to choose between a range of daily caps ranging from 5MB.
According to Google’s statements and recommendations, the images that you save with express backup will get reduced to 3-megapixel resolution. Just like the images, the videos will be uploaded with a reduced resolution of 480p maximum. Additionally, the express backup will also take off or disable the closed captions that are attached to the file just to reduce the file size.
How to use the Express Backup on your Android Devices?
· The First thing that you need to do is to make sure that your Google Photos application is updated to the latest one.
· Once the update is finished, go ahead the app straightaway
· Now, tap on the top left corner of the app and make your way towards the Settings section of the app.
· After that, tap on “Backup Sync” and go to “Backup Mode”
· From here you can switch to Express for faster backup freely with no complications whatsoever.
Final Thoughts
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