WhatsApp is launching a new feature to help users manage phone storage, including chat filtering for storage optimization. The tool allows users to prevent accidental deletion by filtering content types, enhancing data organization.
WhatsApp backups on Android will now contribute to users Google Drive storage limit, marking a departure from the previous complimentary storage practice.
The company that powers Android, Google, has long offered users the ease of storing up their WhatsApp conversations on Google Drive without using up their valuable 15GB of free data allotment. But this year, that's about to change.
WhatsApp will start sending notifications about when Google Drive is almost full when the limit is reached, and information about when the changes take effect.