Facebook tool to transfer images to Google Photos now available worldwide

Facebook's new feature to transfer photos from your profile to a Google Photos backup is now available globally, after previously only being accessible in the US and Canada. The tool was later rolled out to parts of Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America in February 2020, European countries in March 2020, but can now be accessed by all users across the world. The tool lets you make copies of all the photos and videos on your account, and move them to another platform more easily than having to mass download, and then reupload, the content. Going to "Your Facebook Information" in your Facebook Settings Selecting "Transfer a Copy of Your Photos or Videos and entering your Facebook password Choosing Google Photos – with the company stating that more options will be available over time Clicking the "Confirm Transfer" button It is currently unclear what other options will be available, but Facebook has previously said that if companies join the Data Transfer Project then they would be able to transfer content from Facebook to other platforms. The project was established in 2018 to "create an open-source, service-to-service data portability platform so that all individuals across the web could easily move their data between online service providers whenever they want," according to its website.