Google Drive starts saving the chats of WhatsApp users
For a few months we have known the intention of WhatsApp and Googleto join forces for the good of terminal users Android And they have been collaborating for some time to resolve one of the most accused requests by those who use this messaging app: save a copy of your messages in the cloud Something that on iPhone already has been given for a long time thanks to iCloud, keeping the user's messages and photos safe from being lost yes the terminal is stolen or damagedWell, after a few months of testing, Google confirms the arrival of this function to all users Android
The information was released through the official Google Drive blog. And it seems that the work between Google and WhatsApp has been meticulous and very close between both companies in recent months to bring this function. At the moment, and as usual with these companies, it is being implemented in a phased manner, trying to prevent any massive failure from spreading throughout the user community. Thus, you will have to update the application to its beta or test version, or gather up your patienceuntil the option to save the message history appears on the terminal in within a few months.
When it does, the user can access the Settings menu, and check within the section Chats and messages the new function related to Google Drive When clicking on it, a window pops up with a initial setting for this feature. In it it is possible to choose the periodicity of this function, choosing if you want to make a copy on a daily, weekly, monthly or if you do not want to do it in any case. In addition, it is necessary to choose the Google user account to which you want to associate. Finally, this configuration screen allows you to select whether you want to store the videos or not A point of capital importance since it is the content that the more space it takes up and the more time and data it can consume.
With this, the backup copy is established, ensuring that both the messages of all chats such as photos, plus videos if have been selected, they will remain safe in the space that the user has in the cloud of Google Thus, in case of changing mobile, either due to breakage, lost or stolen, WhatsApp will ask if you want to recover messages and content associated with that Google account , being able to count on all this again without losing it forever.
The negative is that these charge and recovery processes can take several hours even Always depending on the number of messages stored, as well as the videos and photos saved in the backup.The good thing is that in the same menu, WhatsApp offers the possibility of carrying out this charging process only through connections WiFiif you prefer to save data (also available) and time.
At the moment, the function to save backup copies of all contents is available in the version 2.12.303 of WhatsApp, which is the beta version available on its official website Other users will have to wait for expect this version to hit Google Play Store for free in the coming months, it says Google
