Assuming that they're using the Google Photos API for this, maybe the upload media API calls [1] don't trigger whatever handling is needed for Live Photos? The

Assuming that they're using the Google Photos API for this, maybe the upload media API calls [1] don't trigger whatever handling is needed for Live Photos? The Google Photos app might be doing something undocumented/unavailable-in-the-public-API that triggers the Live Photo behavior, since a Live Photo is two associated pieces of media. Or Apple might just not be uploading the videos that accompany the photo for some reason. [1]: https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/upload-media https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/upload-m...