The most nostalgic will surely remember Picasa, the graphics software purchased from Google way back in 2004. The Mountain View company decided to discontinue support in 2016 to focus all its resources on Google Photos. The site was also created together with Google Photos Google Album Archive. But what is this service? And how does it work? In this guide we will explain how to find all the photos saved by Google using the latter service.
How to find all photos saved by Google
This service collects all saved photos from Google in various applications and online services, such as photos uploaded to Google Drive. Thanks to this service, you will be able to browse and review all the photos that have been saved over the years. Unbeknownst to you, you can find years old photos that the company has seen fit to save in a single platform.
Those who usually make backups in Google Photos, will be able to find all the photos saved in the Google archive, with the possibility of browsing them by filtering the search according to the date or place where they were taken.
I supported services from the Google archive are the following:
- Google Drive
- Google Photos
- YouTube
- Photos from Google+ posts
- Google profile photo
- Images posted on Blogger
- Images exchanged with Hangouts
Using the Big G service is really simple. First of all, you need to connect to the main page of the dedicated site and log in with the desired account. On the main screen, you will be offered all the available albums. To consult the photos in a particular album, just click on the album in question and scroll through the various images proposed.
Do you want to download an album so you can browse photos even when you are offline? No problem! Google's service allows you to download the entire album or a single photo. Just open the album or photo in question, click on the options icon at the top right and click on the item Download album or your voice Download photos.
Furthermore, you can also eliminate entire albums or individual photos that you consider useless to keep. Content that you delete from the Blogger album will also be deleted from the relevant site on which it was posted. However, it is not possible to delete all types of content. For Google Photos photos you need to manage the operation using the Google Photos site.
The Google archive can therefore be considered as a large collection of all the photos used with the various services offered by the company. By taking advantage of this service, you will always have at hand the contents of a service that is no longer supported by Google or that is not installed on your mobile device.
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