
If you decide the Galaxy S9 isn’t for you and you’d rather have a Google Pixel 2 XL or the new LG G7, you’re going to find Samsung’s backup tool useless on your new device. And of course, even phones that offer their own proprietary backup service often leave you without the ability to restore texts if you switch to a different manufacturer’s Android device. But if you’re using any number of third-party Android devices, including those developed by Samsung, you’re often left on your own in order to manage your texts. Some do, including Google’s own Pixel devices, which sync natively with Google Drive once you’ve signed into your Google account.


While iOS uses iCloud to natively sync most of your phone’s data online, a majority of Android devices don’t offer the same native service. If there’s one major area where Android hasn’t quite caught up to iOS, it’s user backups.
