Losing your smartphone often results in losing data, and if you don’t subscribe to a backup service, you lose everything. Software issues can also lead to such situations, and so can a force reset. Did you know that you can back up your device’s contacts directly to your Google account with a simple toggle?
How to Backup Phone Contacts to Google Account
If you own an Android device, there are mainly two ways to copy the contacts on your device to your Google account. Let’s take a look at them.
This is especially useful if you have a device from OEMs that don’t come with Google’s Contacts app pre-installed. So if you have a device from Xiaomi, Samsung, Huawei, Honor, Oppo, Vivo, etc., this is a super handy trick for you.
Step 1: Open the Settings app and tap 'Accounts'