Google Starts Counting Android Backups Toward 15GB Account Storage Limit

Google will start counting Android backup data toward Google Account storage, ending its exemption. Device settings, SMS/MMS texts, call history, and per‑app backups will now consume space in the shared 15GB pool for Gmail, Drive, and Photos, adding about 40MB per account. New users face the change immediately; existing accounts gradually. Pixel devices gain per‑app backup controls, part of Google’s broader storage policy revisions.