WhatsApp Chats, Media Adds To 15GB Free Storage Limit On Google Drive
WhatsApp Chats, media Adds To 15GB Free Storage Limit On google Drive. Here's What It Means
To recall, late last year, whatsapp revised its terms and conditions and mentioned that chat backups would begin counting toward a user's google Drive storage in the first half of 2024.
Whether you're on Google's free or paid cloud storage plan, Meta-owned whatsapp was storing chat backups on your google Drive. This uses the storage linked to the Gmail account associated with your whatsapp, adding to the space consumed by backups from google Photos, Gmail, and other sources on your google Drive.
To recall, late last year, whatsapp revised its terms and conditions and mentioned that chat backups would begin counting toward a user's google Drive storage in the first half of 2024. The announcement is coming into effect now.
As an important heads up, whatsapp backups on Android will soon start counting toward your google Account cloud storage limit, similar to how whatsapp backups are handled on other mobile platforms. This change will first start rolling out to whatsapp Beta users starting in december 2023, then gradually to all whatsapp users on Android starting early next year," earlier in November, google wrote in a blog post, announcing the new changes.
Notably, last week, whatsapp started letting users share screens during video calls. The world's most popular messaging platform enabled the ability to share screens during whatsapp video calls, which is a very useful addition. The company made the feature official on friday (January 26). WhatsApp's official whatsapp channel informed users about the feature being available in the country.