WhatsApp backup to count towards GDrive storage soon for Android users

WhatsApp’s chat backups on Google Drive for Android devices would soon count towards cloud storage, as announced by both Google and WhatsApp in November last year. According to news reports, chat backup for Meta-owned messaging platform has now started to count against Google account storage for select users as part of beta testing.

WhatsApp had previously announced that the change will start rolling out for all Android users in the first half of 2024. WhatsApp had said that it would notify users 30 days prior to the change with a banner in the Chat settings menu.