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Google has started emailing Android users about its upcoming backup storage policy change that takes effect in 45 days.

Google says the typical Android backup is small enough that most users won't notice a meaningful change in their available storage.

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The email is also expected to share the estimate of how much additional space the backup will use.

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Fortunately, it shouldn't take too much extra space.

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They now count against your storage limit ...