Canon launches a new cloud platform for managing and sharing photos

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Canon has launched a new cloud-based image platform designed for selected Canon device owners.

With the new service image.canon, photographers can automatically forward images from their camera to their computer, mobile device and supported third-party services such as Google Drive. The service is free to use and stores images on Canon's own server.

Simply put, image.canon allows some Canon camera and SELPHY printer owners to register a Canon ID and then use the service to transfer images wirelessly from their supported device to Canon's cloud platform.

From there, the images can then be forwarded to third-party services, a computer and mobile devices.

The platform supports all image formats offered by compatible Canon cameras. Users can connect an unlimited number of cameras to the service.

Likewise, Canon has no restrictions on image size or the number of images that can be transferred, although the company says there may be cases where uploads are limited for 'operational reasons'.

Image.canon stores uploaded original images for 30 days, after which they are removed from the server. Thumbnails of the images remain and are only removed if the user does not use the service for a whole year.

The company also offers users 10 GB for long-term image storage beyond 30 days. Support for forwarding images to Adobe Creative Cloud and Google Photos will not arrive until later this summer.

Canon's new cloud service will officially launch in April 2020.

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