Google One Now Offers Free Phone Backups Up to 15GB on Android and iOS
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Google One now offers free phone backups up to 15GB on Android and iOS - TechCrunch:
Google One, Google's subscription program for buying additional storage and live support, is getting an update today that will bring free phone backups for Android and iOS devices to anybody who installs the app - even if they don't have a paid membership. The catch: While the feature is free, the backups count against your free Google storage allowance of 15GB. If you need more you need - you guessed it - a Google One membership to buy more storage or delete data you no longer need. Paid memberships start at $1.99/month for 100GB.
Last year, paid members already got access to this feature on Android, which stores your texts, contacts, apps, photos and videos in Google's cloud. The free" backups are now available to Android users. iOS users will get access to it once the Google One app rolls out on iOS in the near future.
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