Google previously offered an exception for user accounts with the free 15 GB of storage. Data such as call history, text messages, and device settings did not count towards the free 15 GB of storage within a Google account. Unfortunately, this has changed with the new terms of use. Every backup of your smartphone now actually directly reduces the available space that you share with Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos.
While Google is reassuring that the average user will only "gain" an extra 40MB of space from this change, for those already close to the 15GB limit, that could be a bit of a drain on their storage. This small but significant additional burden means that many people could soon be faced with annoying low-space warnings.
In response to expected user frustration, Google has also introduced more transparent controls. You'll now find new, more granular toggles in Android settings that let you control what data gets backed up. Users can now completely disable backups of call history, SMS\/MMS messages, or specific device settings, keeping control over their digital space usage.
If you're one of those who frequently switches devices or is careful to protect every megabyte, we recommend that you check your backup settings as soon as possible. Keeping track of what actually takes up space in the cloud has now become a necessary part of digital hygiene. Given how quickly digital content accumulates, skepticism about Google's "minimal" impact on space is entirely justified, because every megabyte counts.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Podjetje Google je doslej za uporabni\u0161ke ra\u010dune z brezpla\u010dnimi 15 GB prostora ponujal izjemo. Podatki, kot so zgodovina klicev, sporo\u010dila SMS ter nastavitve naprave, se niso \u0161teli v brezpla\u010dnih 15 GB prostora v okviru ra\u010duna Google. To se je z novimi pogoji uporabe na \u017ealost spremenilo. Vsaka varnostna kopija va\u0161ega pametnega telefona zdaj dejansko neposredno […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-7789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programi","tag-google"],"acf":{"subtitle":"","heading":"","summary":"Google je spremenil politiko varnostnega kopiranja za Android, zato zdaj vsi podatki, vklju\u010dno z SMS-i in nastavitvami, zasedajo va\u0161ih 15 GB brezpla\u010dnega prostora. Uporabnikom svetujemo uporabo novih nastavitev za selektivno varnostno kopiranje.","thumbnail_small":"https:\/\/racunalniske-novice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/google-apps-2026-560x315.jpg","thumbnail_large":"https:\/\/racunalniske-novice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/google-apps-2026-1024x1024.jpg","thumbnail_caption":"","gallery":"","video_gallery":null,"author":"","links":null,"sources":[{"title":"timesofindia","url":"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/google-changes-android-backup-policy-for-free-15gb-storage-accounts-it-will-now-count-\/articleshow\/132269345.cms"}],"skip_language":[]},"yoast_head":"\n