The application Google One offers a backup feature free of your smartphone, as well as a storage manager that lets you free up space by deleting unnecessary files.
By 2018, Google has launched a new service called Google One, which allows users to pay a subscription to get more storage space in the cloud at very competitive rates. Google One has not replaced Google Drive, but only its offer pay. And in addition to the storage, Google One also provides access to some additional features, including a feature that allows you to have backups of Android smartphones.
And today, Google decides to make the backup feature on smartphones free for everyone. ” The automatic backup of the phone will be available on Android phones, even if you are not a subscriber to Google One “, says Larissa Fontaine, director of Google One. Just install the application and run this backup.
And if you’re on iOS, you can also benefit from this new offer of free, since Google also recently launched an app for the iPhone that allows you to store important documents such as photos, videos, contacts, calendars, etc., The files will be saved on the quota of 15 Gb free for all those who have a Google account.
Obviously, the interest of Google is that if users download this application to make backups with the free online storage of 15 Gb, then they can easily increase the storage capacity by using one of the subscriptions offered by Google One.
A new feature to organize your documents
And in addition to the free backup for data on your smartphone, Google One also offers a new tab to manage the storage space. ” […] peace of mind is not limited to the simple preservation of your information. It is also important to be able to manage and easily clean up your files in Drive, Gmail and Photos. This is why we also add a new storage manager in the Google app One and on the Web, which enables you to easily see how you use your storage space and free up space. You can keep the files you need, you get rid of those you no longer need and make room for more, all in the same place “, says Larissa Fontaine. This is another good reason to download this app, even though Google Drive is probably already installed on your smartphone.