For a long time, users of the platform Android have been asking WhatsApp to develop new ways to save messages and content that are shared through this application. And it is that, if you change your mobile phone, the process to carry the old messages is to the new terminal is somewhat tedious In addition to not having any practical option to have all this content in the new terminal if the old one is lost, broken or stolen .Something that, however, iPhone users can solve thanks to the possibility of saving backup copies in iCloud , the cloud of Apple Now, at last, Google helps WhatsApp in this aspect by offering the same service with its cloud or Internet storage system, Google Drive
In this way, mobile users Android can save their backup copies with the messages, photos, and even videos, in Google Drive This means having a recent copy in a safe place to retrieve messages without depending on your mobile. Just needing to associate your Google account with WhatsApp and set up an auto-save process, being able to later recover all this content in a new terminal without the need for cables, or computers, or complex processes.Here I will tell you step by step how to do it.
The first thing is to have the most updated version of the application WhatsApp which includes integration with Google Drive This feature has been released in a phased manner, so it is possible that when you are reading this tutorial you don't have it yet The other option is to download the latest beta or test version of WhatsApp from yourweb page, where the function is already active.
When upgrading, or when opening the section for the first time Backup once this function has been activated, appears insettings screen for this feature. In it you only have to choose the periodicity with which you want to send the backup copies created to Google Drive : every day, every week, monthly or never (it is possible to perform the process manuallyonly when the user wants).
After selecting this option, WhatsApp prompts the user to choose the Google account in which you want to save. And, each account has a free space in Google Drive of 15 GB.
With this, WhatsApp already controls the saving of backup copies of messages and photos in Google Drive, taking up a pinch of the user's cloud space in exchange for keeping all this content safe.
But there are more issues to take into account within the renewed space Backup, in the menu Chats and calls Thus, here it is possible activate the saving of videos A controversial point because it is the content that takes up the most space, and so WhatsApp allows you to activate or not this function with them.In addition, in this menu there is another basic and useful option so that these copies do not give you any headache. This is the possibility to restrict the uploading of this content only through WiFi connections Without a doubt, the best option to avoid ending up with the Internet data rate of the user and accelerate the process, which can take even hours if you choose to upload the videos and It has an extensive chat of messages and photos.
With all this established, it is only necessary to install WhatsApp on a new mobile Android and choose the account of Google user for the application to retrieve all messages, photos and videos that you have previously saved. WhatsApp, in these cases, first searches for a saved backup copy in the terminal, going to scan Google Driveif none are found.A comfortable process, without the need to transfer this data from the old terminal, or having to make backup copies manually. Something really comfortable, although you can spend a lot of time both uploading and downloading these contents.
