Android Police writes:

The new restoration process will apparently be part of the Play Store app itself, and would allow users to choose from a list of backups from their other devices, so if you’re setting up the Play Store on a new (or freshly wiped) phone, you could choose to restore a backup from a phone, thereby restoring all your phone-specific apps and eschewing the apps you use only on tablets or other devices. Our information also indicates there may be an option to add on individual apps to the backup you choose.

I hope this is finally happening – one area where Android has always lagged behind iOS is in the backup/restore department. Setting up a new iPhone from a local or iCloud backup is insanely easy, whereas with Android the functionality is very hit or miss. While there are third-party backup and restore apps, this functionality should be native and should have been there years ago, especially given Google’s prowess as a services company.