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Android's automatic PC backup feature may exclude Samsung users!
Android Authority • • technology
Key Points:
- Google is developing a free, cloud-free automatic backup feature via the Quick Share app on Windows PCs, allowing selected photos and videos on Android phones to be backed up locally over Wi-Fi without using cloud storage.
- The backup process requires both the Android phone and Windows PC to be signed into the same Google Account and connected to the same Wi-Fi network, with backups occurring daily or on-demand.
- Surprisingly, Samsung Galaxy smartphones are excluded from this feature, likely due to Samsung’s existing Smart Switch app, which offers extensive backup options but currently lacks automatic backup functionality.
- This new PC-based backup solution is part of Google's broader efforts to improve Android backup options, including testing per-app cloud backup controls, but the Quick Share automatic backup feature has yet to be officially announced or detailed on the Quick Share website.
- The exclusion of Samsung devices is notable given their market share, and there is hope that Google and Samsung may collaborate to extend automatic PC backups to Galaxy users in the future.
