{
  "id": 1372699,
  "title": "This Immich fork does what Google Photos still can't",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/this-immich-fork-does-what-google-photos-still-cant",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-16T23:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/this-immich-fork-does-what-google-photos-still-cant/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A user switched to Immich, a self-hosted photo storage solution, from Google Photos. They run Immich on their NAS, giving them full ownership of their data. Immich has features like face recognition, albums, and search.\n\nThe user previously used Google Photos for years, but had issues with low storage. Google Photos offers 15GB of free storage, but users can upgrade to a paid plan for more storage. One user had a 100GB plan and was approaching their storage limit.\n\nThe user found Immich to be a convenient alternative to Google Photos, with essential features and good performance. They do not need to look elsewhere for photo storage.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "How I freed up 20GB of Google Photos storage with 5 simple steps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/how-i-freed-up-20gb-of-google-photos-storage-with-5-simple-steps",
        "published": "2026-08-16T10:30:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "I changed one Google Photos habit, making old photos much easier to find",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/i-changed-one-google-photos-habit-making-old-photos-much-easier-to",
        "published": "2026-08-16T12:15:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}