Google
is combining its apps directly with the mobile operating system in an attempt
to keep all of your most essential data safe, in an effort to simplify and
improve its backup services for Android devices.
Despite appearing to tie together the company's services into a consolidated backup product for the first time, the update and introduction of Backup by Google One went unnoticed. Backup by Google One will replace the present system backup option, although customers will not be required to register for the Google One platform.
Replacing old solutions
Once the update, which is expected to roll out to all Android
users from version 8.0 onward in the coming weeks, is complete, Google says
users will get a more unified, yet granular, backup solution.
it builds on the company's current offering (which backs up
app data, SMS, call history, contacts, Wi-Fi networks, etc.) by adding photos,
videos, and MMS messages. At the same time, users will get to choose what gets
stored, and what doesn’t.
Google
One is the company's unified backup product, which is available as a mobile app
and a website. It was first announced three years ago. It provided increased
cloud storage, with the first 15GB of storage being free, and customers having
the option of renting storage from 100 GB to 30 terabytes.
It also
began allowing customers to back up their MMS communications last year,
although for a charge.
While we
can't say for sure, the new version is quite likely to entirely replace the
default Android backup option. It will also not require a Google One account.
Multiple
Google services, including Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos, share the
storage. Google One initially replaced Google Drive's paid edition. While raw
storage isn't available, Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos allow you to
add and remove emails, files, and photos.
