Google One for Android

Google One is the Android app for Google's storage subscription service, and the current release is 1.325.974631426 from Google. You download Google One to see what takes up space in your Google account, back up your phone and, if you need more room, choose or change a storage plan.

What Google One is

Google launched Google One on 15 August 2018 as the new name and home for paid storage in Google accounts. Every account has a single pool of storage that is shared by Google Drive, Gmail and Google Photos; when it fills up, new photos stop backing up and emails may stop arriving. The Google One app gathers everything related to that pool in one place. It shows how much each service uses, and its storage manager finds large files, blurry photos, big attachments and items in the trash that you can delete to free up space quickly. The app also controls phone backup: photos and videos, contacts, messages, call history and device settings can be saved to your account and restored on a new Android phone. For subscribers there are additional benefits that Google changes from time to time, such as family sharing of the plan with other members of a family group and extra features in some Google apps. All subscription details, including upgrades and fixes for payment problems, are described on the Google One Help page.

Main features

• Overview of storage used by Drive, Gmail and Photos.
• Storage manager for finding and deleting large or unneeded items.
• Phone backup and restore for Android devices.
• Upgrading, downgrading or cancelling a plan.
• Sharing a plan with a family group.

Getting started

1. Install Google One from Google Play; on many phones it is already present.
2. Sign in with the Google account you want to manage.
3. Open Storage to see what uses space and clean up if needed.
4. Turn on backup in the app settings and choose what to include.

The app is small, about 11.71 MB according to catalogue data.

Price

The app itself is free, and every account gets a basic amount of free storage. Larger storage plans are paid monthly or yearly; current prices depend on your country and are shown on one.google.com.

Security and privacy

Backups are tied to your Google account, so protect it with two-step verification. Install the app only from Google Play, and be wary of messages that ask you to pay for storage through links outside the official app or website.

Pros and cons

• Pro: clear picture of what fills your account.
• Pro: simple phone backup and restore.
• Pro: plans can be shared with family.
• Con: useful extras mostly require a paid plan.
• Con: storage is shared between Google services.
• Con: requires a Google account.

Alternatives

Other cloud storage apps on our site include MEGA, MediaFire and TeraBox. For archives on the phone, ZArchiver and RAR are available.