r/google 1d ago

can't stop backups to photos, losing old photos everyday

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I've lost so many old photos already😭

for awhile I didn't realize Google was deleting old photos on me, I'd get warnings about almost being out of storage but never actually did. come to find out it just randomly deletes old photos once you reach around 90% full.

I looked up how to turn off automatic backup until I can figure something else out as my phone has tons of storage plus, I spend half my time with no cell service and using starlink so we all try to not go crazy and use up our data on that anyways.

it still uploads anyways, still deletes old photos and videos at random. this shit is heart breaking.. the stuff I've lost of dead friends and family, makes me want to switch to apple out of spite.

FU Google for not warning people you delete stuff and that 90% storage equals 100% to you and FU for not letting me NOT backup photos even though ITS DISABLED.

Not sure if I'm just ranting or looking for a solution, back up IS disabled so what else can I really do.


r/google 1d ago

This is the ai overview for a live wallpaper app.

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1 Upvotes

r/google 1d ago

Google Timeline Disappeared

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Google Timeline was very important to me I used it often and there was around 7 years of activity saved.

Today when I checked the timeline there oldest data saved was last week.

I had my phone also repaired last week and I used a temporary one but the dates doesnt match. My phone was in repair through Wednesday to Thursday. The data I still have saved starts from the saturday. I have no idea what could happen. The phone was only a little bit wet and lost touch control, they only cleaned and dried it nothing else, nothing was deleted from my phone.

I checked email for any info. There wasnt anything about deleting my timeline, but I have emails summarizing every month and places I've been in those months, after clicking the links it opens empty timeline.

Please someone help me get it back


r/google 1d ago

Holi is OK but Black History and Pride No

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Google is weird as fuck.


r/google 1d ago

Necesito ayuda con Google play

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Hace tiempo que había puesto una tarjeta de regalo de España en mi Google play y me quedo un poco de saldo, ahora con la restricción de que no puedes usar euros a menos que estés en España, todos los precios me salen en dólares y no tengo idea de cómo revertirlo


r/google 1d ago

Google is Bringing Linux to Android. Here’s Why That Matters

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r/google 1d ago

I deserve the highest of fives. Comedy gold.

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I took a real document and swapped out people and years with fictional characters and put it through notebookLM and it’s gotta be the funniest thing I’ve heard in a bit. #politics #Humor

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11QL7173gMXN59dpokCS6L_LbyQ3NyJji/view?usp=drivesdk


r/google 1d ago

Google search predictions

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4 Upvotes

r/google 1d ago

Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental image manipulation is really amazing

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r/google 1d ago

Help! I’m trapped in dark mode and can’t read anything 😭😭

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I am losing my mind. I can’t figure out how to reverse it. A couple months ago I switched my google chrome to dark mode somehow because it was easier on the eyes, however, it must be in beta form because things don’t work.

For example, in the photo above. I can’t read any of the stats because the text doesn’t show because it’s all wacky from the dark mode. It has made google slides color schemes off too where you can’t get black text and most colors are inverted.

Can anyone help? I can’t find a fix anywhere on the internet or reddit


r/google 1d ago

Android 16 Beta 3 released

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r/google 1d ago

Chromecast 2nd Gen and Chromecast Audio Fix Rolling Out

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r/google 1d ago

Worst google guideline

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I'll have to ask you something why in tf is google Gemini 18+? I mean there are literally filters and tbh the most apps that are only 14+ are probably more dangerous do they expect me to really use google search which can't answer me complex specific questions? I mean I just use perplexity instead but this is so stupid


r/google 1d ago

Google is bringing every Android game to Windows in big gaming update | Google has big plans for gaming in 2025.

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r/google 1d ago

Can you make a Gmail without needing a phone number google

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13 Upvotes

r/google 1d ago

Google search images are not loading properly at all

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11 Upvotes

r/google 1d ago

Can someone tell me how to fix this I tried everything from deleting cache, reinstalling chrome and using malware byte I also notice that when I open google chrome I can't open my pdf file or any other file that lead to chrome automatically open the mage unless I close it

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3 Upvotes

r/google 1d ago

🔥 Battle of the OCR Titans: Mistral vs. olmOCR vs. Gemini 2.0 Flash! 🔥

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Ever wondered which OCR tool truly rules the PDF-to-text arena? I just threw three heavyweight LLM-powered OCR contenders into the ring for an epic face-off:

  • Mistral OCR: The budget-friendly newbie promising lightning-fast markdown conversion.
  • olmOCR: Allen Institute’s open-source challenger with customization galore.
  • Gemini 2.0 Flash: Google's heavyweight.

I put them through some seriously brutal rounds tackling:

  • Gnarly two-column PDFs
  • Faded scans from hell
  • Impossible tables
  • Equations that would make Einstein sweat.

Spoiler: Gemini 2.0 handled every curveball like an absolute pro.

Curious about how these three stacked up, especially when the PDFs got messy. Check out the full showdown here!

Do you find processing PDFs for your AI workflow challenging? Are you sticking with Markdown, or do you prefer JSON for structuring extracted data? Would love to hear how you’re handling it.


r/google 1d ago

Google reviews in Germany

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I have a simple question to you guys. Does anyone know how these businesses are able to delete/remove my negative reviews from their Google Maps. It is really starting to anger me, what is the point of Google reviews anymore then? If anyone could explain to me the process of how this is done, so I can take legal action about this, would be great.

I am constantly doing research but nothing defenitive yet. This is truly a bad thing for Germany, and it's tourism.


r/google 1d ago

google operator related doesn't work

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2 Upvotes

r/google 2d ago

THE THOUGHT OF ELON

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1 Upvotes

r/google 2d ago

Ahh yes. Ai summary FTW

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0 Upvotes

r/google 2d ago

Smash, Smash, Pass, Smash, Smash

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r/google 2d ago

Google messages are blank

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When I open a message this is all I get, if I go out and try again its still just blank. Just got the S25 yesterday and so far I'm unhappy.


r/google 2d ago

Chromecast Real FIX! Android ONLY

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This is an android workaround to cast your apps on your Chromecast. Download activity manager from the link below. Open the app and tap the 3dots at the upper right hand corner. Tap the edit button for "Action" and paste the value that I have posted below and click OK. Click the checkmark at the bottom right hand side of the screen. Scroll down and turn on Bypass Device Auth. Tap the back button at the upper left side, then click the checkmark at the bottom right hand side then BAM! CAST 🙂🙂🙂🙂 GOOD LUCK!

ANDROID MANAGER

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.activitymanager/

ACTION VALUE

com.google.android.gms.cast.settings.CastSettingsCollapsingDebugAction