How to Upload Photos from iPhone to Google Photos in 2 Ways

Google Photos is a photo management application with 15GB of free storage. It has features like automatic classification, automatic backup, and convenient photo sharing. It can automatically classify pictures according to time, load picture content, and also isolate private pictures.

Besides, the new version provides a great search function (which was originally Google’s strength). With the feature image recognition, users can search for related photos by inputting descriptions.

Why need to upload pictures to Google Photos from iPhone?

We all know that everything has two sides. Now, let’s make a comparison between Google Photos and iCloud.

So if you don't have a strong inclination to Apple products, then Google Photos may be a better tool to back up your iPhone photos.

Method 1. How to upload photos from iPhone to Google Photos directly

Storing your photos in Google Photos will let you save iPhone space and keep your photos safe. Read on and learn how to back up photos & videos from your iPhone/iPad.

Step 1. Install Google Photos on your iPhone from the App Store.

Step 2. Launch the Google Photo app. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your Google Photos. And tap Allow Access to All Photos to allow it to view, share, or back up photos & videos from this device. Now you can sign in with your Google account.

Step 3. To upload iPhone photos to Google Photos, choose Back Up. Choose your backup option from High quality or Original. Then tap Confirm to start uploading.

Method 2. How to add iPhone photos to Google Photos via USB

Syncing photos between iPhone and computer via Google Photos is a good way. But it does now allow you to select photos or albums to sync.

If you want to do so, you can turn to a professional transfer tool - FoneTool. With its powerful features, you can transfer all or selected pictures/albums from iPhone to Google Photos at a super-fast speed. Connect your iPhone via a USB cable to computer, and then you can enjoy the fast backup speed and convenient operation.

With the help of this software, you don’t need to install Google Photos on your iPhone. Just log in it on your computer directly. Let’s show you the details.

Step 1. Download and install FoneTool. Connect your iPhone with USB cable. Tap Trust on your iPhone.

Step 2. Click the Phone Transfer option on FoneTool > Locate iPhone to PC and click Get Started.

Step 3. Go to the Photos option to transfer all pictures on iPhone. Or select any album or photos you want.

Step 4. Then you can choose a storage path from the Transfer Settings option, and click Start Transfer to send photos to computer.

Step 5. Then log in to Google Photos with your Google account. Click Upload in the top right corner. Now you have two options to choose where do you want to upload your photos from. Because I have saved my photos on PC, I should choose Computer here.

Step 6. Select the folder of the backup file, click open to choose the photos, and then Google Photos will upload all your selected photos automatically.

Conclusion

You have normally two ways to solve the problem of how to upload photos from iPhone to Google Photos. You can sync photos using Google Photos app or manually transfer photos from iPhone to your Google Photos with FoneTool on your Windows PC.

If there are too many similar photos, you can choose to delete duplicate photos in Google Photos.