Subj : Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos soon, so backup now
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jul 18 2023 12:00:03

Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos soon, so backup now

Date:
Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:44:01 +0000

Description:
Some old photos from Google Hangouts and even Gmail are being deleted as part 
of Album Archives deprecation - act now.

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Google has confirmed that its Album Archive service is being shut down from 
July 19, meaning photos spanning a number of its services like Hangouts and 
Gmail could soon be lost if not backed up. 

The web gallery serves as a place to manage photos and videos from across 
Googles extensive catalog of online services, including former products such 
as the instant messaging and video conferencing app Hangouts, and Picasa Web 
Albums. 

The company is urging affected users to create backups of the data they are 
set to lose by using Google Takeout , a service designed to let users export 
account data. Google Album Archive is being closed 

In a support article , the company outlines the type of user data at risk of 
deletion: some small thumbnail photos and album comments or likes, some 
Google Hangouts data from Album Archive, and background images uploaded in 
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The company says that most data migrated to Hangouts when that service 
replaced Talk, and a few years later, it moved again to Chat following the 
retirement of Hangouts, but many long-standing Google instant messaging users 
may not be sure what the closure of Album Archive means for them. 

Google says that Blogger images, account profile photos, and Google Photos 
content are unaffected. 

While many may be unsure where exactly their information is stored, it is 
good practice to have multiple copies in different locations. Those looking 
to set up an alternate location or move away from the Google ecosystem should 
consider using cloud backup tools . 

According to Ars Technica , some Google users reported receiving emails about 
the change around a month ago, however the communications appear to have been 
hit and miss, so even if you have not received such an email, if you have 
been using Google products for a long time, its advisable to check whether 
your data could be affected. Here are our favorite productivity tools to help 
you get the job done



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-is-deleting-some-old-hangouts-photos-soon
-so-backup-now


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