You can also search by location and even the contents of photos - for example, 'churches in Spain'. It can, for example, identify photos of the same person, which you can then label with their name. Google uses AI to tag your images, which means its search is very powerful. You can add paid-for storage if you want to add best quality images and videos. Videos are stored in 1080p high definition), although Google has recently announced that it is to limit free storage to 15GB - although photos uploaded before June 2021 won't count towards that limit. The service has hitherto offered unlimited free storage if you select the 'high-quality' setting (images are a maximum of 16Mp, and any over that size will be compressed down.
Google Photos' biggest appeal is that it's cloud-based, which means your photos are available on any compatible device: you can either use the mobile app or a web browser to access your photos. While it lacks some of Picasa's most-loved features, it does offer editing tools such as cropping and rotating images, filters to change the overall look of the photo and the ability to write and draw on images - although the Picasa caption tool is no more Google Photos replaced Picasa as Google's own photo management and editing app in 2016.
