If you own a Pixel smartphone or a device running on stock Android, this is a really handy Pixel trick that works on others devices too, but it will work best for Pixel owners.
Here we are talking about that all your photos and videos can be backed up to Google Photos, but as great as that is, you shouldn’t overlook the space-saving feature built-in to it.
It will automatically erase all the images and videos on your device that are already safely backed up to Google Photos.
Here’s what to do: tap Library at the bottom of the app, choose Utilities > Free up space, and then tap Free up to recover potentially a lot of space on your phone that you can then use for other things like music, apps, and more photos and videos.
Apart from this, the extra tip you get as a Pixel owner is an unlimited storage for all your photos and videos.
This means you can take literally as many as you want, and store them all in your Google Photos account to never run low on local phone storage.
As long as you use the Free up space button, you never have to use your phone’s storage to hold your pictures and videos.
The only catch is that depending on what Pixel model you have, you might be limited to uploading only high-quality media files instead of original/full resolution ones.
