Proton Photos
basically Google photos, but better because it's encrypted.
As in, a mobile app for backing up and organizing phone photos.
Maybe we could pay a monthly fee for access to Photos, Drive, and VPN service. I'd much rather support an independent company than Google
Hi everyone,
The Proton Drive photo backup for Android and iOS is already out.
Please see the announcements for:
iOS: https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-photo-backup-ios
Android: https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-photo-backup-android
We'll continue working on developing more functionalities to help you protect your most precious memories. Thanks for your continuous support!
-
Anonymous commented
The photos backup folder needs to be accessible from Drive on a browser. It needs to be shareable so that others can upload folders to it. I want to be able to share access to that folder with others so they can view and add folders to it, so that we have a shared family folder.
-
Tizzy commented
If the Op means syncing with a PC as a backup then yes, its absolutely critical imho.
The current functionality of only backing up to the cloud is not a convenient way of managing foto's as it means manually downloading everything from the cloud using the webbrowser. This wastes user time when i could be automatically synced and relatively speaking costs a lot of effort which is also directly related the number of foto's being made and accessibility to your PC. Syncing photo's is a basic part of daily life where most everybody has a camera in their pocket all the time...
-
maruudn commented
Proton Drive photo backup is great, functionality-wise it's doing the thing it promised. The UX leaves something to be desired. I've come to really like the timeline UI from the Google Photos web UI. Would love to see something like that implemented for Proton Drive as well, allowing me to quickly scroll to a specific day/month/year. Eventually a separate Proton Photos app would be nice, although I'm fine without it for now.
-
bill commented
Ok so, automatic photo backup on Android is great, that's a much appreciate step.
Now, next, as a paying user, I'd love to actually have an alternative app to also be able to watch at my photos, in a reasonably decent way (something like Ente maybe?).
I fully agree with suggestions here: https://www.howtogeek.com/things-i-want-from-proton-besides-ai-and-crypto/#a-better-alternative-to-google-photos-and-icloud -
Alexander Pronin commented
the new proton photos feature just not there yet.
there is no album\folder option, you cannot download photos from ProtonDrive to your photos library (on iPhone in my case). no photo information available, like location and other stuff. no search option (Google photos has great search feature to search objects, places etc.)
these thing that currently keep me from subscribing to a paid Proton plan and keep my photos in Ente. -
Brian commented
Proton, Thank you for giving us the iOS App for picture/phone backups but really could use support for .HEIC and other Apple/Picture/Video formats. Without this support to be viewed on the web browser or in the app this all becomes very UN-usable. I would rather support Proton vs Google or Microsoft! Help us Help you.
-
Joshua Holme commented
Live Photos are a must! So many memories are contained within live photos, and I don't want to lose them by using this feature
-
JF commented
Dear Proton Drive users,
Telling developers "I want this app to look like this other app" is not the way to go.
Dear Proton Drive team,
This is a list of features I think most of us would like to see implemented in Proton Drive which will heavily improve UX:
- Albums. Currently is impossible to organize photos in the Photos section of Proton Drive. This makes the photos feature useless (sorry) as people will still prefer to use Proton Drive folders to being able to organize them.
- Sharing. This is related with albums, since we can't organize them in some kind of structure like folders, we can't share a batch of photos with family and friends, ending up using Proton Drive folders.
- Filters. We need a way to filter our photos, that is, by tagging photos with custom keywords, places, people...These are like the 3 basic points that will give Proton Drive Photos a serious taste, from there it could be improved with more features on top.
Thanks for reading this,
JF -
Chris McConnell commented
Having a photos back up in Proton Drive doesn't really serve much of a purpose. We need a Google Photos replacement. I'd migrate literally tomorrow if the Proton team released one. A simple photo dump backup option just isn't good enough. Proton needs to have a full-fledged Google Photos alternative, because that's one of the biggest ways to get people off of Google's services. Right now, if you're not on Apple's photos then you're on Google Photos and that's a ton of users on both platforms that don't have any other trusted options.
Please create a Google Photos alternative. It's massively important, and that importance cannot be understated and underestimated.
-
Chris McConnell commented
Having a photos back up in Proton Drive doesn't really serve much of a purpose. We need a Google Photos replacement. I'd migrate literally tomorrow if the Proton team released one. A simple photo dump backup option just isn't good enough. Proton needs to have a full-fledged Google Photos alternative, because that's one of the biggest ways to get people off of Google's services. Right now, if you're not on Apple's photos then you're on Google Photos and that's a ton of users on both platforms that don't have any other trusted options.
Please create a Google Photos alternative. It's massively important, and that importance cannot be understated and underestimated.
-
Miguel Suárez commented
I agree with the rest of the comments, I would like album support, search functionality (by features in a photo, people, dates). I am trying to migrate from Google Photos, so these features are what keep me from using it completely, instead of using it as a camera roll dump as I do now.
-
JarickWorks commented
Please add album support. A separate app would also be appreciated.
-
Curtis commented
Yes the lack of a search function on both proton drive and the photos part of that is absolutely critical. It's just as critical to make sure that there's a way to organize these photos into albums or folders of some sort and also being able to keyword tag the photos for a search function which of course doesn't exist right now.
-
Shawn commented
We need to have a separate app just for photos just like Google photos with albums, search features, perhaps some smart AI integration, and automatic backup over cellular and wifi connections and with a reliable fast connection that can do multiple or large amount of uploads at once quickly.
-
Peter commented
This is just a backup, no features no gallery or albums just a photo dump
-
Amitab Mukerjee commented
Please create a robust equivalent of Google Photos with a nice gallery support. Not some add-on to ProtonDrive.
-
Tanner commented
Looking forward to hearing and seeing more about this in the coming months.
-
Storm2048 commented
Can‘t wait to test it out
-
AdminProton (Admin, Proton) commented
Hi everyone,
Proton Drive Photos backup for Android and iOS is already out.
Please see announcements for:iOS: https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-photo-backup-ios
Android: https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-photo-backup-androidWe'll continue working on developing more functionalities to help you protect your most precious memories.
Thanks for your continuous support!
-
Harleton commented
for the love of all that is holy in this world please do this. I would love to support a company that is more focused on privacy. Google photos has a hold on me and if i could get photos mail and drive from you all i would switch. Obviously has to be cost effective, but i need this in my life