How Extra Cloud Storage Saves Your WhatsApp Connections

The free Google Cloud storage space provided to Android users for keeping their conversation history, including photos and videos

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Google Drive WhatsApp data will count against the 15GB space limit, or users may join up for Google One

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The well-known messaging program WhatsApp has over 2 billion users globally and has seen rapid development in recent years

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As an important heads up, WhatsApp backups on Android will soon start counting toward your Google Account cloud storage limit

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All Android users of WhatsApp will then progressively get it beginning in the early part of the next year

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WhatsApp stated the new modifications would roll out to all users in 2024 and alert users 30 days in advance with a banner under WhatsApp Settings > Chats > Chat backup

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The notification that “Backups will start using your Google storage in the next few months” is now shown in our version of the WhatsApp Beta client

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Make sure you often backup your critical WhatsApp data to your preferred cloud storage platform

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If storage is a big worry, think about using WhatsApp Lite or another lighter edition For more details visit govindhtech.com

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