[Android 0]

TL;DR

• The latest version of Google Play Services is finally rolling out the long-awaited Documents backup option.
• When enabled, documents will be automatically uploaded to a new Android backups folder in Google Drive.
• However, disabling this backup option won’t remove those files from Drive.

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Google has been working on a Documents (formerly Downloads) backup option for nearly a year now. The new backup category began appearing to users on the Google Play Services beta earlier this month, suggesting a broader rollout is imminent. Well, it has taken a couple of weeks, but that day has finally arrived.

This additional backup option for documents is rolling out to Android phones as part of Google Play Services version 26.26 (stable). On Pixel phones, you can check if the option is live by navigating to Settings > Accounts and backup > Google Backup, where Documents appears between Photos & videos and Other device data (via 9to5Google).