Cloud storage has already made securing the data on your smartphone or tablet hugely more convenient than manual device backups; instead of tethering your phone to a computer and copying its contents every so often, your files can just safely live out in the aether. That works fine for individual documents, but what about something a little more comprehensive? A full backup of your device’s data, stored remotely, ready for you to restore its contents (all at once or piecemeal) or even transfer them to a new device at your command? Google may be working on enhancing its current backup services to offer such a thing, as revealed in a new leak.
At least, that might be what Google’s doing. Details are a little loose, but Android Police has seen evidence pointing to the company’s work on a system that would build off of current backup services, using Google Play to store device data. It appears that backups wouldn’t necessarily have to be restored to their original hardware, easing with migration to new devices, but the full scope of these changes aren’t yet clear.
There’s some vague talk of “data,” but so far no one seems to have a comprehensive understanding of just what that means. What about sideloaded APKs – would this tool restore those, as well, or only apps installed directly from the Play Store?
The key improvements over existing Google backup services seem to lean on the arrival of more granular controls, letting users partially restore backups (handy if you’re moving to a new device that doesn’t support all your old apps). The problem is, this feature appears to still be relatively early-on in its development, so the full scope of its abilities may not be revealed for some time.
Source: Android Police
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