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It’s now doable to switch photos and movies saved on Google Images immediately into iCloud Images. Apple and Google cooperated to make this doable.
Wow, these two rivals really labored collectively on one thing.
Hurray for the Knowledge Switch Initiative
Shifting from Android to iPhone may embody copying all of your information from Google Images to your pc then importing them to Apple’s iCloud. However the Knowledge Switch Initiative introduced Wednesday that photos and movies from Google’s on-line service can now be moved on to Apple’s.
The DTI isn’t some sketchy third get together which may abuse entry to your person accounts. It’s a collaboration between Apple, Google, Meta and others. The acknowledged aim is “providing people with trustworthy tools that offer an easy way to directly transfer their personal internet data.”
The affiliation already made it doable to do the other: transfer iCloud Images to Google Images.
Find out how to transfer pics from Google Images to iCloud Images
The brand new service helps each photos and movies. That features photos saved in JPEG, HEIC, PNG, GIF, TIFF and BMP codecs in addition to most MP4 and MOV video information. Most information that may’t go into iCloud Images, like RAW photos, go to iCloud Drive. However Movement Images, Reside Images and Reminiscences will not be supported.
Making the switch largely simply takes asking Google to deal with it. As a brand new Apple Help doc explains, go to Google Takeout and observe the directions. Select “Apple – iCloud Photos” because the vacation spot. Don’t be involved that it’s good to signal into your Apple account — that’s anticipated.
In the event you go to Google Takeout and the choice to maneuver your photos from Google Images to iCloud Images isn’t accessible but, the DTI says the characteristic “will be rolling out over the next week.” Strive once more later.
And whereas this course of is now simple, remember that it isn’t a required a part of switching from Android to iPhone. There’s a free model of Google Images for iOS. You may maintain accessing your photos and movies proper the place they’re.