Re: New Android Backup Storage Policy & Controls (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Well, in order to keep your .edu account, you need to keep it
below 5GB no matter what.  So, overall, this shouldn't really affect you.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:33:30 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:55:16 -0700
 >  > From: Google <http://www.google.com/~google-noreply>
 >  > 
 >  > Hi Noelle,
 >  > 
 >  > We are reaching out to notify you of an upcoming update to our storage  
 >  > policies, along with new controls designed to give you more control over  
 >  > your Android backups.
 >  > 
 >  > The Policy Update : Effective in 45 days, all data included in your Android  
 >  > 
 >  > device backups will begin counting toward your Google Account storage  
 >  > limit. Photos and videos in Google Photos and MMS data already count toward  
 >  > 
 >  > your Google Account storage today. With this change all other backed-up  
 >  > data such as SMS messages, call history, device settings, and app settings  
 >  > will also count toward your Google Account storage. The storage used by  
 >  > your device backup may increase once this policy takes effect. If your  
 >  > Google Account exceeds its storage limit, your automatic backups will pause  
 >  > 
 >  > until you  
 >  > free  
 >  > up space or  
 >  > upgrade  
 >  > your plan .
 >  > 
 >  > New Controls for You: With this change, we are also introducing granular  
 >  > app backup toggles in your Android backup settings. If you are on Android 9  
 >  > 
 >  > or higher, you can now select exactly which data types and individual apps  
 >  > you want to back up, ensuring you only use storage for what matters most to  
 >  > you.
 >  > 
 >  > Your current storage status:
 >  > 
 >  > Your estimated increase in Android device backup will be 0.05 GB after this  
 >  > change. You've used 2.05 GB of your 15 GB storage.
 >  > 
 >  > How to manage your storage:
 >  > 
 >  > To make room, you can  
 >  > clean  
 >  > up your Google storage ,  
 >  > get  
 >  > more storage or  
 >  > disable  
 >  > Android backup .
 >  > 
 >  > You can find out how much storage you are using for your device backup in  
 >  > your  
 >  > Google  
 >  > One Storage Manager .
 >  > 
 >  > For a complete list of changes, please visit our  
 >  > Help  
 >  > Center article . If you have any questions or need assistance, our support  
 >  > team is ready to help.
 >  > 
 >  > You have received this mandatory email announcement to update you about  
 >  > important information related to your Google Account.
 >  > 
 >  > Google
 >  > 
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