Google Takeout will get more ways to securely transfer files across different services

In 2018, Google, Facebook/Meta, Microsoft and Twitter teamed up to announce the Data Transfer Project, which worked on tools to help users "directly transfer data from one service to another, download it and download it." without needing to upload again." Since then, Apple has signed on, while other integrated services include Google Photos, Mastodon and SmugMug, in addition to the various data export and transfer tools available from the original four companies.

This week, Google provided an update on its involvement, pledging $3 million in funding from engineers and "hundreds" of work over the next five years to work on the open-source libraries that will keep the project running. .

The Data Transfer Project plays a role in tools you can use to export or transfer data from your Google account, such as Takeout, a link to Facebook that can send images directly to Google Photos, and a similar one for Apple. Which can transfer images from iCloud to Google Photos.

Google says in its post that, on average, there are "8.2 million exports per month with Google Takeout" and says it will continue to improve the tool with new features and support for relocation to more services.

Whether you are a developer or just someone who uses any of the major internet services and have data you want to transfer, you can find out more about the project here.