You'll soon have the option to back up your Android phone to your Windows PC without touching the cloud, but there might be a catch. Google is now known to be developing an automatic backup feature ...

Earlier this year, Google said that it was making big changes to how backups work, specifically by automatically copying files from your Android devices to Google Drive after a quick setup and ...

Backing up your Android phone is one of the most important things you can do to protect your data. Whether you are switching devices, worried about losing files, or just want peace of mind, having a ...

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...

Google Photos is working on an "Overnight backup" feature to keep your media uploads running fast while you aren't using the ...

Android’s built-in backup system has always been useful for saving your settings, apps, photos, and some app data automatically. However, it has a glaring flaw. Files saved in the Downloads folder are ...

For many of us, phones are our lifelines to our work and personal lives. If that phone goes AWOL - whether lost or stolen, accidentally broken in a drop, or deactivated due to a SIM swap - we would be ...

It has been known for a couple of months now that Google was testing a new Android backup solution that would make backing up files to a PC much simpler. Exactly how the system would work, though, has ...

Google is inching closer to rolling out the new Documents folder in Android’s backup settings page. This folder is currently available via the latest Google Play services beta. We’ve known about this ...