How to transfer photos from messenger to google photos

How to transfer photos from messenger to google photos

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Sharing isn't easy. It's difficult to move photos from one social network to another or storage. Now, Facebook and Google have made it simple to copy your Facebook photos to Google Photos. This is the first fruit of an open-source project, the Data Transfer Project, to make it much easier to trade photos and other data among the Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter platforms. 

The objective is to make it easier for you, the user, to control your data. Once completed, if you get sick and tired of Facebook, you can grab all your photos, messages, and files and transfer them to say Microsoft OneDrive.

When I say "your" data, I mean just that. When you transfer photos or videos, you can only copy over those that you've put on Facebook. With this new tool, you can't transfer down images of yourself that others have posted. 

While this functionality is new to US and Candian users, it's been working for some Irish users since late 2019

For now, you can only transfer photos from Facebook to Google Photos. By default, any Google account comes with 15GB of storage. If you need more, you can get 100GB for $1.99 a month or $19.99 a year, 200GB for $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year, or 2TB for $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. If you're a professional photographer or you can't stop taking selfies, you can rent up to 30TB of storage.

Google Photos can store images with up to 16-megapixel resolution. It also comes with a built-in photo organizer and editor tools. 

To move your Facebook images to Google Photos, you start by logging into Facebook. Once there, go to your Facebook settings. This is located on the upside-down triangle icon on the right of your desktop screen. 

Once there, on the left, you'll see near the top of the left-hand menu Your Facebook Information.  Click on this, and you'll see a new menu in the middle of the page. 

Facebook Information page.

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From here, choose Transfer a Copy of your Photos or Videos. Next, you'll be prompted to enter your Facebook password. Once that's done, you're given a "choice" of where you can transfer your photos or videos (Choose Destination). Of course, for now, your only choice is Google Photos.

You must then log in to Google and give Facebook permission to add to your Google Photo library. Finally, you click Confirm Transfer, and the transfer is on its way. 

The transfer itself isn't quick. I copied over approximately 500Ms of photos and it took about an hour. Still, it's fast enough for all practical purposes. I then checked and found that all my images had made it over. 

It's a handy little tool, and if you, like me, aren't sure you're always going to be on Facebook, it's a nice way to make sure your images go with you.

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To hear some fans of Google Photos right now, the sky is falling; after long offering free high-quality storage, Photos is finally turning off the tap. Wait, but isn't this post about moving your pics to Photos, not off of it? Yes, and for good reason — as this change has more of us taking a good, hard look at how we archive our images, there are a lot of compelling reasons for why you might want to use Photos, even if that means paying for some storage. And if your old pics are over on Facebook, that's going to mean moving them off. Luckily for you, there are some tools just waiting to help out.

Facebook's photo and video migration tool is a product of the Data Transfer Project, a joint initiative between Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, and more that promises greater portability of data between services. After debuting in Ireland back in December 2019, Facebook's photo and video migration tool finally came to the United States and Canada in April 2020.

The tool is fairly straight forward in terms of functionality. In five simple steps, users can copy their entire Facebook photo or video library over to Google Photos, no special hacks or software necessary. The social media giant has promised that more photo services will be supported in the future, though Google Photos is the first one out of the gate. Here's how to make it happen:

Step 1: Open Facebook Settings

You can easily access Facebook's photo and video migration tool from within the Facebook app on your phone. Simply launch the app, tap on the hamburger menu in the top right corner of your screen, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on "Settings."

Step 2: Transfer a copy of your photos or videos

Halfway down the page, you'll see the heading "Your Facebook Information." At the bottom of this section, you'll want to tap "Transfer a Copy of your Photos or Videos."

Step 3: Enter Facebook password

To ensure you are the person transferring your photos or videos, Facebook requires users to input their Facebook password. If for any reason you've forgotten or misplaced your Facebook password, you can click on the "Forgot Password?" prompt below the password box to start the recovery process.

Step 4: Choose a destination

Next, you'll need to choose a destination for your images. Right now, Google Photos is the only service that works with Facebook's photo and video migration tool, though more will be added in the future.

You will also need to choose if you want to migrate your photos or videos first. Keep in mind that they cannot be transferred at the same time; you will need to repeat this process if you want to migrate all of your Facebook media to Google Photos.

Finally, once you select "Next," you will need to grant Facebook permission to add content to your Google Photos account.

Step 5: Confirm transfer

Lastly, tap on "Confirm Transfer" to begin the migration process. It will take the service a bit of time to transfer your images over and get them uploaded to Google Photos, especially if you have a larger library.

After the process is complete, you will now find a series of new albums within Google Photos, all starting with "Copy of ..." These will correspond directly with the names of your photo albums on Facebook.

Universal platform compatibility

The best part about Facebook’s photo and video migration tool is that it’s compatible with all devices and operating systems. Although this article focused on the Android experience, these same steps can be carried out on an iOS device and on Facebook.com via a web browser. That means regardless of which platform or device you’re using, you can safely move your entire Facebook photo and video library to Google Photos in minutes.

Source: Facebook

How do I transfer photos from Messenger to my photos?

Open your Messenger app and navigate to the conversation with the images you would like to save. Locate the image and long-press on it. Click “Save” to download the image to your gallery.

Can I transfer Facebook photos to Google Photos?

How to use Facebook's photo transfer tool.
Click on the down arrow in the menu bar..
Select “Settings and Privacy.”.
Select Settings..
Go to the tab that says “Your Facebook Information.”.
Click "View" next to “Transfer a copy of your Photos or Videos.”.
Under Step 1, where you choose a destination, select Google Photos..