‘Backup with Google One’ system for Android now widely available

At the beginning of this summer, it was announced that Google would replace the existing backup system in Android with ‘Backup with Google One’. After Google started the rollout in July, the new backup system in the Android settings now seems widely available. With the new system you will immediately see how much storage space the backup of your phone takes up and you can have MMS messages backed up for free.

Backup with Google One

Making backups will not be high on their list of priorities for many consumers. Still, it is extremely important to store your data securely, in order to avoid losing the data in the event that your phone is stolen, for example. Companies like Google know that too, so it automatically stores important data from your apps, texts, calling data, contacts, settings, and even Wi-Fi networks and wallpapers in the cloud. Currently, many of these backups are still done via different backup settings, so making backups can be quite a task.

With the rollout of ‘Backup with Google One’, that problem should disappear. With the update, Google wants to transfer tasks from its Google One service to the Android settings. With the new backup function that Google is rolling out, you can store more data from one place. MMS, photos and videos: from now on it can all be saved in the new backup menu. MMS files are saved by default with the Backup with Google One service, while your photos and videos can be backed up via the new settings.

With the updated settings, consumers also gain insight into the amount of data that Google’s backup uses. In addition, you can see at a glance which files are stored on their phone in the cloud. Finally, via the backup settings of their Android phone – where Backup with Google One is now hidden – you can (immediately) make a backup, see how much storage they still have available in their Google One account. and switch accounts by clicking on the email address displayed.

Broad roll-out has started

They are not really big changes; Above all, Google makes the backup system more transparent and ensures uniform backup options in the Google ecosystem. Especially if you don’t like to keep the backup strings in your hands, it’s nice that all backups now take place from one menu, and that you also get a better overview of all files that are stored in the cloud.

It is also good to know that Backup with Google One is available to everyone, including Google users without a One subscription. Users from Android 8.0 Oreo will receive the menu in the near future. Currently, Google seems to have opened up the unified backup feature to almost all Android phones. All phones on the Androidworld editors – also with different email addresses – have already received the new menu.

Do you already see Google’s new backup function appear in the settings menu of your phone? Don’t know where to look: you can find the function under System > Backup. Be sure to let us know in the comments at the bottom of the article.