Google Photos users reported this weekend that their oldest photos uploaded to the service now have more or less significant visual alterations. A problem which, however, seems to be resolved in some cases.
Has Google been careless with the old photos of some Google Photos users? The question arises as dozens of testimonies of people confronted with old photos partially altered or completely corrupted emerge, both on the support of the service and on Reddit. The issue, which thankfully doesn’t affect all Google Photos users, does seem to focus on the oldest photos, which are around five years or older, notes 9to5Google.
Affected users report, supporting photos, ugly visual artifacts on their old shots, with lines and deep cracks, but also blurry spots, white spots and various deformations. The thing would finally be observable both on the web version of Google Photos, and on the Android and iOS applications of the platform.
A reversible problem?
According to 9to5Googlethese alterations would not only be visible in the Google Photos app or on previews, they would also be reproduced when the photos are downloaded locally, both individually and with Google Takeout.
Examples of partially corrupt photos on Google Photos // Source: 9to5Google
However, the problem appears to be reversible. For some users, it would have already disappeared… only a few hours after being seen for the first time. The solution would therefore lie with Google, its AIs and its servers – even if some of the users concerned have not yet been able to observe any improvement at this stage.
So far, Google has not yet reacted to this apparently recent corruption problem of old photos on Google Photos. A temporary concern, we hope, which obviously raises the question of the durability of our files stored on servers rather than on physical media.
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