Facebook’s new tool makes it easy to transfer photos and videos to Google Photos
Facebook is rolling out a new tool at this time permitting customers within the US and Canada to transfer their photos and videos to Google Photos.
The tool will be accessed by heading to your Facebook settings, then heading to the tab that reads “Your Facebook Information.” There you’ll discover the choice to transfer your photos and videos. You’ll want to join your Google account earlier than you possibly can transfer your recordsdata.
The picture transfer tool initially launched in early December final 12 months as a part of the Data Transfer Project, with Facebook vowing to increase the tool to extra nations in early 2020. As of March, the tool began turning into obtainable across the globe, together with nations in Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Facebook mentioned that “in the next couple of months” remaining nations could have entry to this tool. Once the tool rolls out globally later this 12 months, Facebook informed The Verge that “people will also be able to transfer photos to Microsoft, Apple, Twitter, and other companies that join the Data Transfer Program.”
The Data Transfer Project is a data-sharing initiative that launched in 2018 to assist folks simply transfer their information between numerous on-line providers. The mission contains a number of corporations collaborating to form the “future of portability,” together with tech giants Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter. The initiative continues to be in its early levels, with many of the progress specializing in the again finish, although final June, Google teased user-facing projects may roll out quickly.
