WhatsApp Antimia is working on a plan that will allow it to transfer its chat backup to Google Drive and this will affect the cloud storage of Android users.
According to details, WhatsApp has started using Google Drive for chat backup storage. That means now WhatsApp backup data will be able to use your Google storage space.
A foreign news agency According to the report The move affects both the provision of Google’s free cloud service and users, but users can take some security measures to prevent chats from going into backup or deselect media.
If you use WhatsApp on an Android smartphone and get a lot of photos and videos on the messaging account, it’s better not to save them in the backup data anymore.
In this regard, the Android Police report stated that till now there was no Google Drive storage limit for WhatsApp backup data.
According to the report, until now WhatsApp data was not counted in the 15 GB storage of the Google account, but in November 2023, Meta announced that from the beginning of 2024, the WhatsApp backup will be counted in the Google storage. .
Now it’s time and WhatsApp backup data of users is using Google storage. To know about this, go to the Google account storage and click on the ‘Others’ section, where a new addition called WhatsApp will appear.
Clicking on the arrow next to WhatsApp data there will open WhatsApp’s ‘Manage Storage’ page, where you can see which chats and files are taking up space in Google storage.
You can reduce your WhatsApp chat backup storage space by deleting large media files.
According to the report, this change has been made for a few people and gradually all users’ backup data will become part of Google Storage.
Interestingly, WhatsApp had said in November that users would be informed about the change 30 days in advance, but the accounts that got the change did not receive any notification.
The change was made in December 2023 itself for WhatsApp beta users.
It should be noted that Google accounts come with 15 GB of free cloud storage which is used for Gmail, Drive and Photos etc.
Backup of WhatsApp data is helpful when you change your phone and is easy to access through Google Drive.
Given the popularity of WhatsApp, it can be assumed that most users will have several GB of backup data, which can be a problem for those who are already running out of Google storage.
When Google’s free storage capacity for WhatsApp data is exhausted, then users will be directed to opt for Google One (1) subscription plan.
Google has also made a similar change for its popular app Photos, which previously offered free unlimited storage to users, but later limited it to 15 GB of storage.
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