You’ll see a message saying ‘your files are currently being prepared’. Once your settings are sorted, click ‘create export’. Tap ‘OK’ then scroll down and hit ‘next step’. The resulting pop-up lets you deselect specific albums to exclude from the export. Alternatively, tap the button labeled ‘all photo albums’. Checking the box next to Google Photos will include your entire image library in the export.
If you’d just like to save your images, tap ‘deselect all’ then scroll down to the entry for Google Photos. You need to select the content from your Google account that you’d like to download. The images inside won’t be added to your iPhone’s camera roll unless you manually save each one, but it’s still a useful method of backing up your Google Photos library using your iPhone. The resulting archive can be extracted using your iPhone’s Files app, then backed up to iCloud. You can export and save your Google Photos library using Google Takeout. How to save Google Photos to iCloud using your iPhone This is also a good idea in case you lose connectivity for any reason, and have to make your selection again. You can’t use the Google Photos app while images are downloading to your iPhone, so it might be worth saving your snaps in smaller batches.
If you’ve chosen to download a significant number of images, it will take some time for the saving process to complete.
