Google Promises Free Unlimited Storage for WhatsApp Backups on Google Drive
Aug. 16, 2018Creating a manual backup of your WhatsApp chats as well as the media you’ve sent or received used to be a hassle back in the early days of the messaging app. But with its evolution, WhatsApp added support for automatic and routinely backup via Google Drive, iCloud, and OneDrive for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone devices.
Now, giving Android an edge over other two operating systems, WhatsApp has partnered with Google, allowing users to back up their chats and media on Google Drive without worrying about running out of free storage.
We received the email from Google Drive informing us that chat “backups will no longer count against Google Drive storage quota.”
This will be especially useful to those who depend on Google Drive a lot and simultaneously exchange a lot of pictures and videos onWhatsApp. The feature will be live starting November 12, but it is possible that some users start seeing the benefits before the set date.
Many Redditors havereceived emailsfrom Google, informing them that WhatsApp backups will no longer dispute the storage limitations on Drive.
Google also informed users that any chatbackup that hasn’t been updated in the last one year will be deletedautomatically. This is to ensure that inactive WhatsApp accounts do not exploit the storage meant for other active users. Thus, the company suggests that users must back up their chats by the end of October manually or just turn on automatic backup to avoid any accidental loss of data.
