Personal Device Bridge
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Back up phone photos to your PC without a cable

Copy new photos and videos from your Android phone to your own Windows PC, sorted by year and month, even automatically while charging on Wi-Fi.

Available in preview Updated Works on
  • Windows
  • Android

Use Photo backup on the phone: pick your PC, tap Back up now, and new photos and videos are copied to Pictures\Personal Bridge Backup, sorted by device, year and month. Photos that are already on the PC are skipped, and you can let it run by itself while the phone charges on Wi-Fi, with no cloud storage plan involved.

At a glance

  • Backups go to a PC you own, not to a cloud service.
  • Photos already backed up are skipped, so repeat runs are quick.
  • Sorted into folders by device, year and month.
  • Automatic mode runs about every six hours while charging, never over mobile data.

Step by step

  1. Pair the phone and PC

    If you haven’t yet, pair them on the same Wi-Fi: Add device on the PC, Scan QR code on the phone, then Allow on both when the codes match.

  2. Allow backup on the PC

    On the PC open the phone under My devices › Permissions and set Photo backup to Allow. It is off by default.

  3. Choose the PC on the phone

    Tap Photo backup on the phone’s home screen and pick the PC under Back up to.

  4. Run the first backup

    Tap Back up now. Photos arrive in Pictures\Personal Bridge Backup on the PC.

  5. Make it automatic

    Turn on Back up automatically when charging on Wi-Fi so new photos follow without you thinking about it.

Backup or a quick send?

Photo backup keeps a growing copy of your camera roll on the PC. To move a handful of pictures right now, tap Photos on the home screen or use Share › Personal Bridge in your gallery; those land in Downloads\Personal Bridge. For a folder you edit on both devices, use Keep a folder in sync on two devices instead.

If automatic backup rarely runs

Android decides when scheduled work runs, and some phones hold it back to save battery. Excluding Personal Bridge from battery optimisation usually fixes it: Stop Android from pausing the app.

Questions

Does backup remove photos from my phone?

No. Photo backup copies photos and videos to the PC; the originals stay on the phone.

Will it use my mobile data?

Automatic backup only runs while the phone is charging on Wi-Fi, never over mobile data.

Can I back up an iPhone?

No. The phone app is for Android 8.0 or later; there is no iPhone app.

What if I run it twice?

Nothing is duplicated. Files that are already on the PC are skipped, so you can run it as often as you like.