Apple is launching a service for transferring iCloud photos and videos to Google Photos

This week, Apple introduced a new service designed to make it quick and easy for iCloud users to transfer photos and videos stored in Google Photos.

As outlined in an Apple support document, you can go to the Apple Privacy website and sign in to see the “Transfer a copy of your data” option. If you select this and go through all the steps, Apple will transfer your șiiCloud‌ photos and videos to Google ‌Photos‌.

Transferring photos and videos from iCloud Photos does not remove content that you have stored with Apple, but provides a backup method and stores a copy of the content on Google ‌Photos‌.

The transfer process takes between three and seven days, with Apple verifying that the request was made by you. In order to make the transfer, you must have two-factor authentication enabled for your Apple ID account and you must have a Google ‌Photos‌ account with space. enough storage to complete the transfer.

Smart albums, live photos, photo stream content, some metadata and some RAW photos cannot be transferred, but formats, including .jpg, .png, .webp, .gif, some RAW files, .mpg, .mod ,. mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts and .mkv are compatible.

Only the most recent edit of a photo is transferred rather than the original version, and duplicates appear as a single photo. Images are transferred to their albums whenever possible, but videos are transferred separately.

Apple’s transfer service is available to customers in Australia, Canada, the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States at this time.