We recently published a rather lengthy review of Google’s newest operating system, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but there was one feature we couldn’t get working in time for the review: the new automatic ...

Google’s prepping some changes to Android backups, including backups for your downloads folder and per-app backup settings. Downloads folder backups are getting a warning that file edits won’t be ...

Phones are great, but it’s what they hold that makes them so important for our work, hobbies, and personal matters. All that precious data is worth much more than any hardware, which is why creating a ...

‘Twas a time not so long ago when backing up an Android phone was a massive, migraine-inducing undertaking. It’s true: A mere matter of years back in our mobile device saga, a proper Android backup ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Thanks to a series of incremental improvements to its backup and restore feature, Google has made it fairly easy to migrate from one Android device to another without the hassle of setting up your ...

For many of us, our mobile phones contain crucial files that we just can't do without. Important messages and contacts, precious photos, and your favourite music are some of these types of files. If ...

How many times have you uninstalled an app and then re-installed it, only to have to reconfigure the app to suit your needs? Well, with Android, that's not a problem. With the help of auto backup and ...

If you are still backing up your photos and videos the old fashion way – by connecting your device via USB to your computer and manually transferring the files – you are placing yourself at risk of ...

For Android smartphone owners, it’s about to become a bit of a headache to save backups of your WhatsApp messages. Users have enjoyed free backups of WhatsApp messages on Android for the past five ...