Key takeaways
- Prime members get free, unlimited photo storage to back up and revisit their photo library.
- A redesigned app surfaces curated memories and lets you find photos by describing them.
- Amazon Photos works across your devices, making it easy to showcase your photos on your Echo Show or Fire TV, and even ask Alexa to pull up your favorite memories.
Most of us have thousands of photos and videos on our phones—snapped at birthday parties, on family trips, during ordinary afternoons that felt worth capturing. Amazon Photos gives Prime members a free and convenient way to store all of them, with unlimited high-resolution photo storage and up to 5 GB of video storage included alongside the delivery, streaming, and entertainment benefits that come bundled with Prime.
But with libraries that span years, those pictures and videos often end up buried in a grid, accessible in theory but rarely revisited. Today, we're introducing a redesigned mobile app experience that brings your memories front and center the moment you open the app, making it easy to rediscover your favorite moments.
Here's what's new—and how to make the most of Amazon Photos.
A new way to experience your memories
When you open Amazon Photos, instead of a photo grid, you'll see a curated carousel of memories at the top of your screen—a weekend at the beach, your child’s first birthday, your family vacation—grouped and ready to watch. Tap any photo collection to play it back in full screen, with your photos flowing from one to the next. The app surfaces what's worth seeing automatically, so you don't have to dig through your archives or remember the exact date something happened.
On This Day, one of the app's most-loved features, is now easily accessible from your carousel. It brings back pictures and videos from the same date in previous years—what you were doing a year ago, or five—without you having to go looking for them.
We’ve also made it easier to find a specific picture, even if you don’t remember exactly when or where it was taken. With natural language search, Prime members can find any photo by describing it in plain language. Search "beach sunset last summer" or "kids playing in the snow" and Amazon Photos will pull up the photos that match.
The updated Amazon Photos app is available now on iOS and coming soon to Android, with more updates to the Amazon Photos experience coming later in 2026.
How to get started with Amazon Photos
New to Amazon Photos? Getting set up takes just a few minutes. If you’re using Amazon Photos in the U.S., start by visiting Amazon Photos on Amazon.com. From there, sign in or click on “Apps” and follow instructions to install Amazon Photos on your iOS, Android, and other devices. When prompted, sign in using your Amazon account.
Uploading your photos and videos is quick and easy. Once you’re signed in, the app will take you through a few prompts to adjust your settings and grant access to your photos and videos. You can access the photos and videos you’ve saved anytime and from any device. You can enable the Auto Save feature to automatically sync your camera roll with your Amazon Photos account, or start manually selecting images to add.
How to use Amazon Photos with your Amazon devices
Amazon Photos works with Fire TV and Echo Show devices, so your favorite images can come to life around your home. From the app, tap the device icon and select "Personalize Amazon Devices" to choose which device you want to personalize. Enable “Daily Memories” to let Amazon Photos automatically rotate through great shots from your library, or select “Add More Collections” to display a specific album or photos of specific people or places.
And with Alexa+, showcasing your photos and pulling up specific memories is easy. Ask Alexa to show you pictures from your trip to Hawaii or a photo of your dog at the beach, and they'll appear on your Echo Show or Fire TV in seconds.
How to share and print photos with Amazon Photos
Amazon Photos makes sharing photos and videos with friends and family simple. To share, select any photo or album, tap the share icon, and search for recipients by name, email, or phone number. You can send them through text, email, or social media, and recipients don't need a Prime membership or Amazon Photos account to receive what you send. You can also create shared groups to share full-resolution photos and videos, or entire albums, with up to 50 others at once.
To order prints, photo books, wall décor, or custom gifts, tap the shopping cart icon while viewing any photo in the app, or select "Print photos with Amazon" from your account menu. On desktop, click "Order Prints" in the top right corner.
How to get more storage in Amazon Photos
Prime members get unlimited photo storage and 5 GB of video storage included. If you’d like to upgrade to get more video storage, here are a few of your options:
- 50 GB for $0.99/month: Stores about 7 hours of 1080p HD video
- 100 GB for $1.99/month: Stores about 14 hours of 1080p HD video
- 1 TB for $6.99/month: Stores about 140 hours of 1080p HD video
- 2 TB for $11.99/month: Stores about 280 hours of 1080p HD video
- Check out additional storage options
If you’re using Amazon Photos on your computer, find the menu on the left side of the screen and click “Storage” then “Manage storage” to update your preferences.
If you’re on the Amazon Photos mobile app, click the icon with your initials in the top right of your screen. Then click “Manage” next to Videos, scroll to “Available plans” toward the bottom of the page, and click the plan type to adjust your video storage settings.
Explore all the benefits of Prime
Amazon Photos is just one of the many benefits of your Prime membership. U.S. Prime members enjoy the best value because it bundles savings, convenience, and entertainment into a single membership. That includes more than 300 million items across more than 35 categories with free Prime shipping, including tens of millions of products available with Same-Day or One-Day Delivery, exclusive deals including shopping events like Prime Day, a vast entertainment collection like Prime Video, savings beyond Amazon, and add-on benefits for grocery and health care.
Not a Prime member yet? In the U.S., anyone can join Prime for $14.99 per month, or $139 per year if you pay annually. Amazon ensures Prime is accessible to everyone by offering half-price memberships to young adults, eligible government-assistance recipients, and customers with limited incomes.
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