The app plans to make a major, paid-for modification in the coming weeks. It will be about one of the most popular features.
Google has made a decision to use WhatsApp on Android smartphones Internet user.
In the coming weeks, message storage and online backups will be deducted from your Google Drive account. Some people, if they no longer have enough storage space on Google Drive, won't be able to store and retrieve their conversations.
Change the method
Until now, WhatsApp users on Android smartphones had unlimited storage space through Google Drive. They had an advantage over WhatsApp users on iPhone who had to store all their chats and messages on their iCloud account, as detailed by our colleagues at Internet user.
In a few weeks, Google will change the way it backs up your messages. Your backups will now take up your Google Drive storage space, which is limited to 15GB on the free basic plan.
Free up space or skip…
“WhatsApp backups on Android will continue to work as long as you have enough space”Google explains, citing Clubic.com but “If you reach your storage limit, you will need to free up space to resume backups.”
To save space, it is possible to delete data manually, in “Settings”, “Storage & data” and “Manage storage”, Clubic.com. Cleaning previous backups on Google Drive is also an option.
To overcome this change which may be problematic, Internet user It also recommends creating a new Gmail account dedicated to WhatsApp backups. By clicking on WhatsApp Settings, the “Chat Backup” section allows you to select the account required to save the content.
