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Bad news for WhatsApp users on Android:
from now on, backups of the correspondence history in Google Drive will count as part of your storage quota.
Until now, WhatsApp users on Android have enjoyed a rare benefit: since 2018, these backups have not taken up valuable space in Google's cloud, unlike iOS backups that take up space in iCloud.
But now, the celebration is over.
And you, if you haven't figured it out yet, this means that if you want to save your WhatsApp messages in the cloud, you'll have to upgrade to a paid Drive storage package, or delete old backups to save space.
Meta (Facebook) announced the change in November 2023, and according to a report on the Android Police website, it seems to be gradually coming to users around the world.
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Want to check how much volume your WhatsApp history takes up?
Enter the application, click on the menu button (three dots), then on "Settings" and then on "Storage and data".
Under "storage management" you can see the space occupied by your calls and files.
According to WhatsApp's support page, the change will take effect during the first half of 2024. In addition, the company states that a banner will be displayed in the account's backup settings 30 days before the change takes effect.
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