Ugh Google's so frustrating. They make great software and products but throw in the towel on anything that's not immediately profitable since ads have too high a margin and their investors get restless...
https://support.apple.com/en-us/118229
I also found downloading from Google Photos super confusing. I ended up buying this tool which downloads and fixes the metadata.
Most of my family is European so Android devices all around, no one has Apple anything.