

If you are using an Android phone, the free version of the Google One service will back up device data, multimedia messages, and photos / videos in their original quality (as opposed to the compressed format backed up in Google Photos). If you want to back up your photos in their original resolution, you can do that via the Google One app, which is now available to Gmail users even if they don’t subscribe to a paid plan. This will provide you with unlimited backup for what Google calls “high quality photos and videos.” In other words, they are not in the original resolution but are somewhat compressed.


This is the procedure if you’re using a Pixel phone yours could vary somewhat. Note: Because Android phones can differ widely in how they handle various features, the procedure you use to enable the backup may differ depending on whether you use a Pixel phone, a Samsung Galaxy phone, or one from another manufacturer.
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Just in case, here’s a reminder on how to do that. You could already do that easily using your Android settings and your Google Drive storage. Of course, you don’t need Google One to back up your app data, call history, contacts, settings, or SMS messages. If you’ve got a personal Google account ( not a G Suite account), you can get up to 15GB of storage for backing up your mobile data (although that can vary somewhat, depending on what other services / accounts you have). And now you can back up some of that data to Google’s cloud storage service, Google One, even if you aren’t on one of the company’s paid plans, which start at $1.99 for 100GB of storage. Backing up your Android phone is always smart - and backing it up to the cloud makes it easy to reload your data even if your phone is lost, stolen, or broken.
