![]() Still, committing to sign up to the service with others could end friendships, especially if you need or want to kick someone out of the group. And if you share it with enough friends who are willing to contribute to your Prime membership, you could even end up saving some money compared to what Google Photos might cost you in the future. Overall, Amazon Photos is a competitive alternative to Google Photos. ![]() Depending on how your smart home is set up, this might be a win. On the other hand, you'll win support for Fire TV and Echo devices when you switch to Amazon Photos. If you stop uploading files to Google Photos, you also won't see your latest images on your Nest Hub and other Google devices with screens, naturally. That's a workable solution, though it's not as comfortable as using Photos' built-in capabilities. Instead, you'll have to cast your full screen to your Chromecast to show off images on the big screen or on a smart display. Since Amazon is directly competing with Google when it comes to voice assistants, TV sticks, and casting protocols, you won't see native support for Chromecast in the Amazon Photos app. Amazon even claims he's a dog in one picture. But while Google is able to tell that my hamster obviously isn't a cat, Amazon thinks he's a cat in virtually all of the images I've uploaded of him. ![]() You can search for generic terms describing your images to find what you're looking for, and Amazon will do its best to give you relevant results. Amazon Prime doesn't have this collaborative option, save for the Family Vault - which only lets you add individual photos, not albums.įrom the testing I've done, Amazon's image recognition doesn't seem to be on par with Google's. I couldn't find a way to share albums with specific other Amazon Photos users, which is a big bummer - I usually share photos from trips or events with my fiancee or friends using a private Google Photos album we all contribute to. Just note that anyone with the link will be able to see whatever you've shared, so others could redistribute your collection of Rick Astley images without your permission (this is a problem on Google Photos, too, if you share images as a link). You can use the share button to generate a link and share a full-resolution image without sending it as a file ( like so), or multiple images in an album ( like so). When it comes to album and image sharing, Amazon mostly offers just what Google gives you. If you get enough trustworthy friends signed up (or have a big family) and everyone is willing to share part of the cost, Prime could end up being significantly cheaper than Google Photos in the long run. Members can share images with each other in an extra section of the app, but each person gets their own private Photos account, too, and unless you explicitly decide to share images with your Family Vault, things will stay private for everyone. However, when thinking about the pricing, you need to keep in mind that Amazon allows you to share your unlimited photo storage with up to five friends or family members thanks to the so-called Family Vault. ![]() There's no direct pendant to Google Photos' old free tier with unlimited compressed images. If you don't have Amazon Prime, you can still save up to 5GB of full-resolution photos and videos, but after that, you need to pay. With Amazon Photos, you're also looking at only 5GB of free video storage - you'll need to budget at least $2 more per month if you want to save loads of videos.
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