I’ve got a Pixel 7 on Android 13. Once in a while I read about how it’s usually good to factory reset your phone after a software update, so I thought I might when I update to Android 14. That said, I refuse to go through the process of setting up my phone like new again, especially with things like fingerprints and tasker profiles being a pain to setup again.
The Google Backup seems purely cosmetic. I can’t think of a single thing it restores every single time I use it. Are there any options to actually back my phone up before an update that don’t involve root?
Find an open source application called Syncthing. This allows you to backups all files you have on your phone. The back ups are also done incrementally.