Google Photos celebrated its first launch anniversary on Sunday, May 6. Since its launch, the service has created more than 1.6 billion collages, animations, and movies from snapshots shared by users. Additionally, Google claims that the service is responsible for creating 2 trillion labels, of which 24 billion are categorized as selfies.

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Through Google's massive cloud backup option, the 200 million Google Photo users have collectively cleared more than 13.7 petabytes worth of storage from their devices, according to Engadget. It is important to note that subscribing to high quality photo upload option will give users unlimited storage, but choosing to use original quality will count against the user's Google storage limit.

To offer more storage options for users, Google is planning to change the way it counts storage uploads from its Nexus line of devices. A recent update released for Google Photos was closely examined by Android Police and discovered that Nexus users will soon have the option for unlimited original photo and video storage. The code review also reveals that the app will sport new internal adjustment tools for contrast and exposure.

Google is yet to confirm whether this new option for Nexus devices will be a temporary perk for buying the device, or a permanent option for users.

Currently, Google Photos limits High Quality images to a maximum of 16-megapixel. If users try to upload a photo with higher resolution than that, the app will downsize the photo. There is a second option to upload the photo in its Original state which will retain the original elements of it. However, the Original option is not free and unlimited since images uploaded in this mode will count against the storage quota of the user.

Current-generation Nexus devices have cameras with a resolution is less than 16-megapixel so images taken through it are within the confines of the free storage option. However, there are rumors that Google, along with its third-party partners, are planning to release a Nexus device with an upgraded camera.

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