How a flaw in Google Photos gives advantage to iPhones over Pixel phones

Google’s flagship Pixel series smartphones are known for their cameras. And another reason why anyone would want to buy a Pixel phone is due to free original quality image backup on Google Photos. With the Pixel 4 launch, users will no longer get free original quality image backup on Google Photos. Pixel 4 users will instead get free backups compressed to high quality on Google Photos, just like others.

Interestingly, the story is a bit different for iPhone users. A Reddit user who goes by the name ‘stephenvsawyer’ pointed out that iPhone users can easily get original quality image backup on Google Photos for free by simply clicking photos in HEIC/HEIF format by default. Apple iPhone users are not required