Published May 5, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond surface-level tips and focus on how features fit into real workflows. Before joining AP, I wrote for tech publications such as Gizbot  in 2023 and iJunkie (formerly known as iPhoneHacks) from 2021 to 2022. I kept getting those “storage almost full” warnings from Google One, and like most people, I assumed I knew the problem. It had to be photos and videos. That is always the first thing you blame, especially if you use Google Photos with backup turned on. So I put it off for a while, thinking I would eventually clean up my library and free up space. When I actually checked what was taking up space , the biggest culprits were things I barely thought about: backups, forwarded media, and an entire folder from a messaging app.…