Android phones will soon be able to back up to Google Drive

Android local backup means your Downloads folder will back up to Google Drive – iCloud already syncs downloads to the cloud.
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Google confirms new Downloads backup feature for Android: Here's how it'll work

Google is rolling out the February Play System update, with a new feature for backing up local, downloaded files. Here's how ...
Droid Life

Android Gets a New “Local File Backup” Feature for Google Drive

Google updated its Google System Services Release Notes page today and it introduces a new feature that adds some sort of ...

Google Is Rolling Out Android File Backups, But Don't Get Too Excited Just Yet

Google is finally going to allow you to download a local file backup of your Android device, and the feature is now starting ...
Engadget

Google Drive now caps the number of files you can create

You might not want to use Google Drive for large system backups or other many-file transfers. Ars Technica has learned Google quietly instituted a user "creation limit" of 5 million files sometime in ...
TechSpot

Google Drive users report losing files from the last few months

PSA: Despite the convenience and rising ubiquity of cloud storage services, users shouldn't assume that files stored on the cloud are safe. Many Google Drive users are now discovering that a glitch in ...