According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive. “Local file backup” sounds like a ...

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Google updated its Google System Services Release Notes page today and it introduces a new feature that adds some sort of local file backup via Google Drive. The specifics around how it works are ...