[everybodyknows]

> Follow the prompts to set up automatic backups.

> Options include keeping your data for three, 18, or 36 months, or indefinitely until you manually delete it.

So, if we Takeout our current data, we can squirrel that away on our own computer.

Also navigate the transition process perfectly, including the above settings, so history -- new history anyway -- will be preserved on Google servers. Will it then be available for decryptable download to the user's computer via Takeout? Or only to a replacement phone?

[nswanberg]

That encrypted backup isn't available via Takeout, only via the Google Maps app. You can use that backup to load your history to various devices or a replacement phone.