Google confirms new Downloads backup feature for Android: Here’s how it’ll work

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Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR

  • Google is finally rolling out Drive’s new local file backup feature for Android devices.
  • We’ve been tracking the feature for months and can tell you exactly how it would work.
  • Android will use Google Drive to store backup copies of your downloaded files, but there are some caveats to how this will happen.

Google’s latest February Play System update is here, and it includes a short but intriguing item in the changelog:

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