Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Smartphones have become central to modern life, storing everything from personal photographs and contacts to important documents and application data. As people increasingly rely on their devices for ...

I am an author and features writer at Android Police. I primarily writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest smartphone apps and features for Android Police since joining the team in early ...

According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive. “Local file backup” sounds like a ...

Google is finally rolling out Drive’s new local file backup feature for Android devices. We’ve been tracking the feature for months and can tell you exactly how it would work. Android will use Google ...

Android offers convenient built-in backup tools, but these don’t automatically save every file on your phone. Google appears to be working on a new option to explicitly back up downloaded files. At ...

Google has introduced a significant update to the way Android backups are stored, and the change could impact how users manage their free cloud storage. Starting July 7, Android backup files will now ...

Google updated its Google System Services Release Notes page today and it introduces a new feature that adds some sort of local file backup via Google Drive. The specifics around how it works are ...