Google Photos on Android now lets you quickly delete your entire photos and video backup. The new feature is called “undo device backup,” and was previously rolled out on iOS. The option removes ...

Is Google Photos draining your battery? A new leak reveals a feature that stops background uploads from killing your power.

Backups are always a smart move. If your data is only stored in one location, it's not safe, as it only takes one device failure to lose all that information for good. While there are plenty of ways ...

New findings suggest that Android devices may soon be able to include your SIM in a device backup, potentially making it that much easier to swap phones. Device backups currently save things such as ...

The Android backup system enables Android users to back up and restore data on their devices. There are several built-in ways to do this; you can use the Auto Backup for Apps, which sends your app ...

Android phones could soon be able to back up and restore SIMs —likely eSIMs — through Google One device backups. Backing up and restoring eSIM data through the cloud would simplify switching devices ...

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