WhatsApp is already testing saving backup copies in Google Drive
A few weeks ago a new rumor about the messaging application WhatsApp began to traverse Internet It was about the possibility of storing the backup copy of conversations, a common resource for saving messages and contents of chats directly in the cloud or on the Internet. Something that has been doing for quite some time on the platform iOS thanks to iCloud and that is now confirm as the next step for Android with the cloud of Google, the well-knownGoogle Drive
This is how they make it known in Xataka, where they have echoed a new version of the test group alpha of WhatsApp A version earlier than betathat will be published to everyone through the company's website. And this tool is still under development, being tested and polished before making its official appearance. However, thanks to the screenshots, this option is confirmed, which until now was only a possibility Something that will make the users of happy Android most worried about losing their chats or conversations
At the moment some of its characteristics have been known, giving us a fairly broad idea of how it works. The idea is simple: upload a backup copy of the chats to a Google Drive folder This allows, in case of phone breakage, loss or theft, the user can get a new mobile and, when installing WhatsApp, retrieve your chat and message historyNo need to manually take these copies by connecting the mobile to the computer or moving files.
Suffice it to access the menu Settings, enter Chat Settingsand select the option backup copy Within this section there is already the possibility of storing the backup copy directly in the account of Google Drive of each user. And it is that each user Android, having a Google account, already has said Internet storage service. In addition, it is known that this data storage can be configured so that the copy is saved everyone every day, every week or every month Depending on the frequency and number of messages that you want to secure in the cloud.
At the moment this option is only available in version 2.12.45, which is a version still under development for a small number of of users. But it is hoped that in a few days or weeks it will go to version beta, being available on the WhatsApp web And a few more days to appear on Google Play for all users of the platform. A complete convenience to forgetting to keep the application's internal files that house the conversations safe.
All this without forgetting that this new version with support for Google Drive also comes with the imminent design Material Design of the application, offering animations when displaying the menu, new icons, a more minimalist and clean design, round profile photos and a more intense color. And it is that this application does not sit idly by, perhaps for this reason it has also reached 800 million active users worldwide
