
You can still use the Picasa desktop software, but it'll never get an update. Google Photos also replaced our former Editors' Choice pick for photo software, Picasa, the desktop program Google acquired in 2004. Google Photos came about by salvaging the best part of the Google+ social network that no one wanted to use-the photo storage and sharing. Now, every picture you upload, no matter the size, counts against your allotted 15GB of free online storage with Google, which is shared with Gmail, Google Drive, and other Google services. It once offered truly unlimited backup of all the photos (and videos) you take for free, even if it did downgrade any pics over 16 megapixels. The news about Google Photos lately hasn't been rosy, though. But Google Photos (Opens in a new window) has grown fast since its launch in 2015.

There's Dropbox, OneDrive, Amazon Photos, and iCloud, just to start. Internet users are not at a loss for services that automatically back up photos and provide access to them on any device. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.


