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, ...

Your Android device will soon automatically back up and restore Theft Protection settings. Android’s Theft Protection settings include Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, Remote Lock, and more.

Android offers convenient built-in backup tools, but these don’t automatically save every file on your phone. Google appears to be working on a new option to explicitly back up downloaded files. At ...

Backing up your phone these days has gotten a lot easier than back then. Last time, at least in the early days, backing up meant connecting to a computer or manually transferring your files onto a ...

New findings suggest that Android devices may soon be able to include your SIM in a device backup, potentially making it that much easier to swap phones. Device backups currently save things such as ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Android’s built-in backup system has always been useful for saving your settings, apps, photos, and some app data automatically. However, it has a glaring flaw. Files saved in the Downloads folder are ...

Google is making it easier to keep the data on your phone safe from thieves, even after a reset. The September 2025 Google Play Services update (v25.34) adds automatic backup and restore for Android’s ...

To access WhatsApp backups directly on a computer, you can use dedicated tools from Coolmuster - tailored for both Android and iOS users. These tools eliminate the need to restore backups to a mobile ...