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Stop deleting apps just to free up space for your photos. Android's new granular backup controls let you choose exactly what syncs to Google. See how!

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For the most part, message backup on Android today is handled on the system-level by Google (One). Google Messages is now readying an in-app “Backup & restore” experience. About APK Insight: In this ...

Google Messages is testing an in-app "Backup & Restore" feature, promising easy backups, end-to-end encryption, and automatic restoration for conversations and media. For years, Google Messages, the ...

Apple is working on a new framework that will allow third-party photo apps to back up images more reliably. Here are the details. Alongside the (likely) final stages of development ahead of the ...

Android is adding granular switches for message and device backups while testing automatic Documents uploads to Google Drive, giving users more control over what gets saved and what consumes their ...

I've been in a particularly "back everything up for the sake of it" mood lately, and the latest target of my fixation is messages. It's been several generations of Android flagships since I archived ...

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Google has an important notice up on its Google Drive support page, sharing that the desktop app will no longer offer support for Google Photos backups after August 10, 2026 (via MUO). This isn't an ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Windows Backup has been sitting in the Settings app for a couple of years now, and I like my backup setup boring and predictable, so I read every line of ...