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I turned off one Google app and gained nearly two hours of battery life
Your phone uses the battery even when the screen is off. Some apps keep syncing and checking for updates in the background, but turning off every service that uses power can break notifications, updates, and other core features. Once I figured out which one was the worst offender on my phone, a few changes gave me close to two extra hours on a single charge. The surprise was that the name at the top of my battery list was not the app I needed to change.
If you have ever opened your battery settings, you may have seen Google Play Services near the top of the list. It looks like the obvious culprit, so restricting it or force-stopping it can feel like the logical move. But that battery figure doesn't tell the whole story. It shows which service is doing the work, not necessarily which app is triggering it.
Google alerts Android users about a major backup storage change
Google is tightening the limits on the free storage included with your Google Account. Android backups previously did not count against your storage quota, but that is changing. After quietly updating its support page in early July, Google is now emailing Android users to inform them that their backups will count against their storage limit.
In an email to Android users about the "New Android Backup Storage Policy & Controls," Google details that "all data included in your Android device backups will begin counting towards your Google Account storage limit." The change will be effective in 45 days and will increase your Google account's storage usage.
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All Android backup data now counts toward your Google Account storage [Update: Email]
Google is making a policy change to Android backups that adjusts what counts toward your Google Account storage.
Update 7/18: Google is emailing Android users about this change: “New Android Backup Storage Policy & Controls.” For existing users, this change takes effect in 45 days.
The “current storage status” section of the email notes “your estimated increase in Android backup,” as well as how much space you’re currently using.
In terms of the expanded settings, Google is widely rolling out new on/off toggles and per-app backup controls.
Original 7/6: Previously, Android backups would only count images and videos uploaded to Google Photos and “MMS data” (photos + videos) toward your Google Account storage of 15 GB (free) or more with Google One (paid).
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