Recently I covered a topic about cloud storage and named that article “Never Ending Storage” Well, now it’s coming to an end at least in the case of WhatsApp.
“Google has announced that WhatsApp backups on Android will start counting towards users' Google account cloud storage limit, with the change rolling out to WhatsApp Beta users in December 2023 and all Android users in early 2024.”
So, YES! Whatsapp is ending its free Google Drive storage. We have been storing so many texts, documents, and pictures for years that it almost feels unreal.
Now, everything will count and will take place in your free 15 GB of cloud storage that Google gives everyone by default, some might think 15 GB is more than enough for us, so let me remind you that this 15 GB storage you will be also using for your Gmail and Google photos. So, Not Enough Right?
WhatsApp Beta app has already started showing the message, “Backups will start using your Google storage in the next few months.”
Maybe Beta users are regretting being Beta users as they are the first ones to know and experience this.
So, is it over? Now we can’t ever back up our chats from our older mobiles to newer mobiles? Most of us just back up all our data in our primary Gmail account and when we log in to our new mobile with that account WhatsApp automatically backs everything up.
Now, what should we do to transfer our older texts and data from our older phone to a new phone?
WhatsApp is still allowing its customers to transfer these files between Android devices. So, if you don’t want to store your chats into your Google account then you can simply use the WhatsApp chat transfer feature when moving to a new Android.
Upgrading to “Google One” has always been an option if you want more than 15 GB of cloud storage.
