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Sharing photos and videos, made simple

Practical guides on getting the photos and videos already in your Google Drive in front of the people who matter, with a password, an end date, and no account or app for the people you send them to.

A group of friends adding photos from their phones

Collecting media

How to create a link that lets people upload photos to you

Want everyone to send you their photos and videos without the chat-app blur or a pile of emails? Make one upload link. People tap it, add their media, and it lands straight in your Google Drive.

Arjun Mehta··4 min read
Wedding guests taking photos on their phones during the celebration

Collecting media

How to collect wedding photos from all your guests with one link

Your guests took hundreds of photos and videos on the day. Here is how to gather every one of them into a single Google Drive folder, with one link or a QR code on the table, no app for anyone to install.

Sofia Marchetti··3 min read
A crowd at a lively event holding up phones to take photos

Collecting media

How to collect photos from everyone at your event

Birthdays, reunions, conferences, parties: the best photos are spread across everyone's phones. Here is how to gather them all into one Google Drive folder with a single link or QR code, no app required.

Hannah Brooks··3 min read
A camera on a tripod filming an outdoor scene

Tips and how-to

How to send large video files without uploading them again

Big videos are painful to share: email bounces, chat apps choke, and re-uploading takes forever. Here is how to send large video files from Google Drive without uploading anything twice.

Daniel Okafor··2 min read
A phone showing a chat app open next to a cup of coffee

Google Drive sharing

How to share photos and videos from Google Drive on WhatsApp

Sending Drive media through WhatsApp crushes the quality or hits a file-size wall. Here is how to share photos and videos from Google Drive on WhatsApp the right way, with full quality kept.

Arjun Mehta··3 min read