There is no doubt that technological advancement has made clicking photos & shooting videos hell lot easier than what it used to be a decade ago. But with that advancements come some disadvantages as well. Losing precious digital files (photos & videos) is a loss that can't be altered. Photos once gone are gone forever. Whether it is electronic failures like storage units being corrupt, whether it is accidentally deleting pictures or whether it is by losing the phone. We lose those photos, never to see them again.

But there is a way to ensure that if any of the above things happen, you have a backup of your phone photos and videos with you. Cloud storage and automatic backups allow you to backup pictures from your phone. On almost all smartphones, you can use the auto backup feature to keep your digital memories safe in the cloud or online. Here's how you can use Google photos Backup feature to keep safe your Android photos, automatically.

To check whether you have this automatic backup option turned on or off, follow these steps:

1. Go to Settings.
2. Scroll down to Accounts and click on Google.
3. Click on your Google account.
4. Scroll down to Google Photos.
5. See whether the option is checked off or on.

Note : If the option is checked, then you have the automatic backup of your photos activated and if the option is turned off, you have the automatic backup of your photos deactivated. Click to suit your needs.