Windows Phone 8 users across the
world would now be able to save full-
resolution backup copies of their
pictures and videos on SkyDrive, the
cloud storage service from Microsoft.
To enable the feature, users can tap
on 'Photos' followed by More, Settings
and SkyDrive and choose the option to
Upload photos automatically. They
need to tap on Best quality when they
see a menu on the right to enable full
resolution backups. However, it's
worth pointing out that the backup will
happen only over a Wi-Fi connection
and not over 3G.
While the setting has been there since
day one, it was only enabled for users
in select markets. Microsoft has
explained why it took time to roll it
out globally. In a blog post, the
company mentions:
"As you can imagine, backing up high-
res photos and videos involves a lot of
data. To ensure we could provide a
quality experience in each market, we
deliberately took things slow and
planned a staged roll out of the
feature."
The last few months have seen
Windows Phone taking some new
strides in terms of apps. We recently
witnessed the release of a full-fledged
YouTube app that even offered the
ability to download videos in addition
to allowing users to browse and
subscribe to YouTube channels, and
popular, top rated and featured videos
across various categories. The app
also allows users to share videos
across their social networks, and via
email, and text messages. It offers a
YouTube profile page through which
users can manage their YouTube
profile and playlists, uploads, and
video lists.
The platform also received an updated
version of Skype that turns on
Message notifications for Messenger
buddies, by default. With the new
update (version 2.5), the popular
video messaging app's Windows Phone
version also dropped the
'Preview' (beta) tag. It also got
popular games such as Temple Run,
earlier in the year.
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