WhatsApp users on Android will no longer be able to store chat backups on Google Drive for free as before. It’s about Google and WhatsApp reported on their official blog.
According to WhatsApp representatives, the changes will be available for beta users in December this year and for all other users of Messenger on Android in the first half of 2024. Users will receive a corresponding notification one month before the new rules come into force.
In response, Google announced that the backup of WhatsApp conversations and contents will continue to work, taking into account the free space on the user’s Google Drive. The free plan of this service provides only 15GB of data.
Therefore, some users will need to purchase additional space on cloud storage or delete unnecessary data. However, when you delete data on WhatsApp, it is also deleted from your Google Drive backup.
For WhatsApp users on iOS, these terms apply from the start, except that Apple only provides 5GB of free cloud storage.
Google Drive backups are used to transfer and save conversations and their contents. The user can log in to his account and restore all data when switching devices. WhatsApp also offers a manual transfer option without using the cloud.
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