WhatsApp chat backups have now started taking up storage space on Google Drive for Android users on the beta version of the app. The change will be applicable to those on the stable version in the coming months.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Instagram that WhatsApp users will now be able to transfer their chats between devices (same OS only). He said that this will allow users to move their chats to a new phone “more privately without your chats ever leaving your devices.”