You Asked: What Is Android Synchronization?

Syncing on your Android device simply means to synchronize your contacts and other information to Google. … The sync function on your Android device simply syncs things such as your contacts, documents, and contacts to certain services such as Google, Facebook, and the likes.

What does sync mean on my Android phone?

Sync is a way to synchronise your data whether it is photos, contacts, videos or even your mails with a cloud server. So for example when you click photos, videos, contacts on your phone, or particular events in your calendar; it usually synchronises this data with your Google account (provided if Sync is turned on).

Should I turn sync on or off?

Disabling Sync Settings prevents your device from transferring or receiving any settings to OneDrive. That might be all you want to do. If, for example, you have multiple computers and want most of them to sync, you can disable Sync Settings on the ones you don’t want to be synced up.