Facebook made it easy for users in the US and Canada to transfer their images and videos to Google Photos.
The process is quite simple. On the desktop log into your Facebook account, click on the arrow on the upper right corner to get to settings. Then click on ‘Your Facebook Information’ menu on the left and select ‘Transfer a Copy of Your Photos or Videos.’
From there you will be asked to select a destination for your photos — Google Photos is the only option at the moment. Then log into your Google account, make the transfer.
For Mobile, it is almost the same. To get started, click on the hamburger menu, go to Settings, and then scroll down to the ‘Your Facebook Information’ section. Tap on ‘Transfer a Copy of Your Photos of Videos’ and the rest is easy.
For now, you cant select what pictures yo transfer. You either transfer them all, or u don’t transfer at all.
The Data Transfer Project is a data-sharing initiative that launched in 2018 to help people easily move their data between various online services. The project includes several tech giant companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple and twitter collaborating to shape the “future of portability” . The initiative was still in its early stages, with most of the progress focusing on the back end, though last June, Google teased user-facing projects could roll out soon.
The photo transfer tool initially launched in early December last year as part of the Data Transfer Project, with Facebook vowing to expand the tool to more countries in early 2020. As of March, the tool started becoming available around the globe, including countries in Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Facebook said that “in the next couple of months” remaining countries will have access to this tool. Once the tool rolls out globally later this year, Facebook told The Verge that “people will also be able to transfer photos to other companies that join the Data Transfer Program.”