The Easiest Way To Back Up Your Android Phone’s Data

Google’s service for saving and restoring photos and videos is called “Backup & Sync.” It works across all platforms. But the tool is pre-integrated into the Google Photos app for Android.

1. To create a backup for your photo and video gallery, download and install Google Photos from the Play Store (if you haven’t already).
2. You’ll be asked to sign in with a Google Account of your choice.
3. After signing in, tap your profile picture in the corner to pull up the preferences.
4. Next, navigate to Photos Settings > Backup & Sync and toggle the switch.
5. Backup & Sync will automatically start saving your photos and videos to the cloud. Once the process is completed successfully, you will see a green accent and a checkmark around your profile picture.

Unless you’re on a Pixel phone, the storage isn’t unlimited. From June 1, 2021, Google only offers 15GB of free storage. But you can always buy extra storage or adjust the upload size to save space. To change the Upload size, scroll down the Backup & Sync menu and select Upload size. And pick from Storage saver or Original quality modes (via Google).

Also, you can specify individual folders if you don’t need to back up your entire gallery. Go to Backup and Sync > backup device folders and toggle your chosen folders from the list.