WhatsApp chat backup on Google Drive are free and don’t count against themselves Google Currently drive storage quota. But this is going to change in the future. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, Google is planning to stop offering unlimited plans for your store whatsapp backup, Instead, the company may offer a limited plan for the same.
In particular, they plan to introduce changes to the backup, notifications about Google Drive being almost full, information about when the limit is reached and when changes take effect. The report shares a screenshot which shows some key strings that indicate what is changing in future updates.
According to these strings, WhatsApp Backup on Google Drive will be free, but it will be a limited plan. The report does not provide any details or information about the new storage plan.
A previous report by WaBetaInfo last year suggested that WhatsApp may allow its users to manage the backup size. The website spotted a new section that may allow users to exclude specific media for inclusion in the next backup. The exact reason why WhatsApp is developing this feature was not known then. Now that Google will reportedly discontinue the unlimited plan for WhatsApp backup, the ability to manage the backup size makes sense. Since it will allow users to decide what to include in WhatsApp backup.
The upcoming change shouldn’t be surprising as Google stopped offering unlimited storage for Google Photos last year.
WhatsApp backup is not counted against Google Drive storage quota after an agreement between WhatsApp and Google in 2018. WhatsApp backups are linked to the phone number and the Google account on which they were created. It should be noted that WhatsApp backups that haven’t been updated in more than a year are automatically deleted from Google Drive.
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