Google Drive backup on WhatsApp is a very handy feature that allows you to save years of chat history with a single tap. This makes it quite easy to switch to a new smartphone without having to manually copy everything.
Unfortunately, WhatsApp will soon have to restrict these backups, as indicated by WABetaInfo. The tech blog discovered the unfortunate information while searching the source code of the latest beta version of WhatApp.
Reveal the code sequences (“Change Google Drive backup”) followed by notifications alerting you to your backup limits. (“Google Drive almost full”). Once your backup limit has been reached, WhatsApp will notify you (“Google Drive Limit Reached”).
There is no official information about this backup limit, but previous leaks have revealed that it may be limited to just 2 GB. This is terrible news for all of us with several GBs of data lying around.
The report is likely true, as Google has also restricted cloud storage for other services. Google Photos recently put a limit on cloud backups and it looks like WhatsApp users will soon suffer the same fate. Google will likely charge for larger backups, just like Google Photos.
So be prepared to spend some money for Google One subscriptions if you want to keep years of WhatsApp chat history.
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