

You've unboxed your new phone and are ready to set it up. How to restore data and settings to your new Android phone Once your photos and videos are safely backed up to Google Photos, you can get started with setting up your new phone. Ensure that the Backup mode is set to High quality.

Make sure the toggle for Back up & sync is set to On.Ħ. Tap your profile picture in the upper-right corner of the screen.ĥ. If you haven't set up Photos yet, here's how to get started.Ģ. Once the data is backed up to the cloud, you'll be able to access your photos and videos from your new phone and on the web. That said, it is the best way to back up photos and videos from your Android phone. This is a good option to consider, as Photos doesn't offer unlimited uploads anymore once you run out of storage, you will have to buy a Google One plan. You can save your photos and videos at Original quality - the quality at which they were taken - or select Storage saver, which retains the same level of detail while cutting down on the size. It seamlessly backs up data, has granular sharing controls, and uses on-device machine learning to automatically group faces. Google Photos is an outstanding service for backing up photos and videos. How to transfer photos and videos to your new Android phone Before we do that, however, let's make sure your photos and videos are being backed up to Google Photos. Once the data is backed up, you can get started with setting up your new phone. The contacts that you see on this page will be the ones that show up on your new phone. Pro tip: Go to to see if all the contacts from your previous phone migrated to your Google account. Hit Back up now to sync the latest data on the phone with Google Drive. Make sure the toggle for Back up to Google Drive is set to On.Ħ. (Image credit: Namerah Saud Fatmi / Android Central)ĥ.
