WhatsApp’s chat backups on Google Drive for Android devices would soon count towards cloud storage, as announced by both Google and WhatsApp in November last year. According to news reports, chat backup for Meta-owned messaging platform has now started to count against Google account storage for select users as part of beta testing.
It essentially means WhatsApp users can take cloud backup on Google Drive as long as there is sufficient storage available. If the user exhausts their storage limit, they will have to free up space or subscribe for more storage to resume backups. To reduce the size of the backup, WhatsApp provides an option that allows users to take a backup of chats without saving shared images and videos to their GDrive.
WhatsApp has a built-in option to transfer chats data from Android to Android without the need of taking backup. Called WhatsApp Chat Transfer, the feature require both Android devices to have the Wi-Fi turned on. Network connectivity is not necessary for transferring WhatsApp data using this tool.
First Published: Jan 02 2024 | 12:21 PM IST
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