While photos, videos, and MMS data already count toward these quotas today, this new policy expands the restriction to include SMS messages, call history, device settings, and individual app data.
As a result of this transition, the total storage consumed by your device backup is expected to increase.
This shift poses a practical risk for users operating near their capacity; if a Google Account exceeds its designated storage limit, automatic device backups will pause entirely until the user frees up space or upgrades their subscription plan.
To help users navigate this transition, Google is introducing new, granular app backup controls within the Android ecosystem.
Users running Android 9 or higher will gain access to specific toggles in their backup settings, allowing them to select exactly which data types and individual applications are backed up to the cloud.
This control ensures users can intentionally restrict backup access for non-essential, data-heavy apps to preserve their remaining storage.
To prepare for these changes, users can audit their current usage via the Google One Storage Manager to view an exact breakdown of their device backup size.
As a result of this transition, the total storage consumed by your device backup is expected to increase.
This shift poses a practical risk for users operating near their capacity; if a Google Account exceeds its designated storage limit, automatic device backups will pause entirely until the user frees up space or upgrades their subscription plan.
To help users navigate this transition, Google is introducing new, granular app backup controls within the Android ecosystem.
Users running Android 9 or higher will gain access to specific toggles in their backup settings, allowing them to select exactly which data types and individual applications are backed up to the cloud.
This control ensures users can intentionally restrict backup access for non-essential, data-heavy apps to preserve their remaining storage.
To prepare for these changes, users can audit their current usage via the Google One Storage Manager to view an exact breakdown of their device backup size.
From there, ITREALMS gatheted that account space can be managed by using Google's cleanup tools to delete unnecessary files, disabling Android backups entirely, or upgrading to a higher-tier Google One storage plan.
Detailed information and a complete list of these upcoming changes are available in the official Google Help Center.
Detailed information and a complete list of these upcoming changes are available in the official Google Help Center.
Stay tuned to ITREALMS Online for further updates on how these storage changes will roll out globally.
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