Google will not only sync your email, contact and calendar information, but also third-party application data so whenever you switch phones it will automatically pull your data from the cloud.

Google不仅能够对你的email，通讯录及日程表信息，而且能同步第三方的信息，因此无论何时你开机都会自动从云端下载你的数据。

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A number of third-party providers already offered similar sync capabilities, but now, Google itself can automatically push calendar and address book changes directly to these phones.

此前已经有一些第三方服务商提供了类似的同步功能，但是现在Google自己可以自动推送日历和地址簿里的更新内容到手机上。

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You can sync your contacts, your email and calendar with your Google account.

你可以同步你的联系人，电子邮件和帐户的日历与您的谷歌。

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In addition to Gmail, the outage also affected Google Drive, Google Chat, Google Calendar, Google Play and Google Chrome Sync.

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With the launch of CardDAV, it's now possible to build a seamless sync experience using open protocols (IMAP, CalDAV and CardDAV) for Gmail, Google Calendar and Contacts.

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