Google Photos users of various devices are reporting a wired issue that’s causing artifacts over their old backed-up photos – like stains, dots, cracks, etc.
Downloading the image directly or using Google Takeout too, isn’t working, but launching the photo into Google Photos editor and clearing the app’s cache worked for some. Google is yet to come up with a statement on this.
Artifacts on Google Photos
For many Android people, Google Photos is the major source for storing their memories, which offers a good cloud solution and basic tools to edit your images and videos. And with Google developing the app with new features every now and then, including the offering of printing service , it should be protected by all means.
Yet, several users are reporting an unknown issue in their Google Photos that’s causing artifacts on the images. This is only specific to the backed-up images from five years ago and reported on all the devices the app is available on.
Google Photos corrupting old photos would be my nightmare. As it happens, it’s exactly what’s happening to some people right now. Users reporting artifacts appearing in old images stored in Google Photos https://t.co/1LjddqU15W https://t.co/rlRoHDlEBL — Artem Russakovskii ???????? (@ArtemR) September 26, 2022
To let people have their memories from the Photos app available in physical form, Google is expanding its printing service to more countries this week.
Google Photos users in over 28 European countries, including the UK and Canada, can have their photos printed and delivered in standard or canvas forms. This has been available in the US for quite a time and now rolling out to additional countries.
Google Photos in Printed Form
Though Google Photos is virtually a great place to store and access our memories whenever we want, some wish their perfect memories to be in a physical form to feel much better. Thinking of this, Google announced a program in 2019 where the US users of Google Photos can order some of their photos to be printed and delivered to their homes.
This comes in either standard or canvas forms and with the appropriate price. Later, the company announced a subscription service (costing $7/month) that lets its AI pick the 10 best photos each month from your library and deliver them in a printed form.
While it seemed good, it hasn’t expanded to other areas since 2020. But, Google is expanding the service of ordering printed photos in standard or canvas form to Canada and 28 European countries, including the UK. This is the same service that US users have had since 2019 but varies in price.
Google said a standard photo printing of 10×10 cm would cost €0.15 (excluding tax and shipping charges) in Europe, while a 4×4 inch standard print in Canada costs $0.39 CAD (plus taxes and shipping).
Regarding the canvas, Canadians can have them in sizes up to 20×24 inches, while eligible Europeans can ask for them upto 75×100 cm (30×40 in). Google didn’t mention the prices for these yet. But considering the same starting at $25 in the US for an 8×8 photo, expect them to be pricier.
Also, here are the 28 European countries Google is rolling out this service to; – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
