Google bought Odysee

Google Inc. announced the purchase of startup Odysee, a developer of the service of the same name, which allows users to archive their photos, as well as share their pictures and videos with other people in a secure mode. Apparently, this functionality may soon appear on the social network Google+.

The service itself will be closed on February 23, Odysee has already asked all users to save all personal data. The purchase was announced on the main page of the Odysee service, the company also sent messages to all its users. All materials until February 23 can be downloaded as an archive - the developers have formed everything necessary for each user account.

For Google, buying a startup makes sense. First, it has long been rumored that the company wants to allocate Photos into a separate service, independent of Google+. If so, the ability to save photos in the archive, uploading them to your PC, as well as more control over the sharing of photos and videos - a great increase in functionality.
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If Photos remains the internal service of the social network Google+, then such a purchase also makes sense, because new functions may attract more users. One of the possibilities of Odysee - storing video in full quality and the ability to download all your video files, is also in demand. At the same time, the service has a caching function, so that all viewed photos and videos remain working, as well if the connection to the Network is lost.

But most likely, Odysee with Photos will remain inside the social network, thanks to which Google+ gets more features. At the moment, the amount paid by the Corporation of Good for Odysee remains unknown.