Proton wants to protect your memories: here is albums, a private alternative to Google Photos

Proton, the Swiss company recognized for its secure messaging and online storage solutions, announces the launch of a new photo gallery feature. While concerns about monitoring, advertising targeting and using AI is constantly growing, the new Proton Drive album functionality offers a secure alternative to storage of traditional photos in the cloud.
Albums allows users to store, share, group and manage their memories without compromising confidentiality.

Proton Drive

Discover the highly secure online storage solution of the Swiss company Proton: Proton Drive. You can import, manage and download your files from any job.

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• Release date:
  05/12/2025
• Author :
  Proton AG
• License:
  Free license
• Categories:
  

  Internet

• Operating system:
  

  Android, Android, online service, 64 -bit Windows – 10/11, Windows Arm – 10/11, iOS iPhone/iPad, macOS
  

Proton launches a functionality of photo albums

Like most players in the sector, such as Google Drive or Apple iCloud, album functionality on Proton will allow personalized collections of photos to be created like videos through an intelligent organization. Users will also be able to invite other individuals to join an album, sending an email and assigning a reading or modification role.

As the essence of Proton wants, each photo, each video, each album name and confidential metadata (such as geolocation) will obviously be encrypted from start to finish.

Albums in Proton Drive is available now for all users of Proton Drive, Desktop and Mobile. New users can subscribe to Drive Plus, which includes 200 GB of storage, is enough to store more than 40,000 high resolution images.