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WHATSAPP: HOW TO BACKUP CHATS & MEDIA ON GOOGLE DRIVE

With Google Drive cloud storage service you can backup WhatsApp media which includes chats, photos, videos, audio and documents. It is goodbye to data loss! The importance of performing this backup is if you change or lose your device you can always retrieve all your previous media files with ease.

Google has recently announced a new agreement with WhatsApp regarding backup of WhatsApp chats and media on Google Drive which will allow users have extra storage different from their normal Google Drive storage quota. The announcement reads; "Due to a new agreement between WhatsApp and Google, WhatsApp backups will no longer count against Google Drive storage quota. However, any WhatsApp backups that have not been updated in more than a year will automatically be removed from storage. This policy will go into effect for all users on November 12, 2018 though some users may see the quota benefits earlier. To avoid the loss of any backups, we recommend that people manually back up WhatsApp before November 12, 2018"

 What this means is users are expected to ensure their whatsApp backup is functional. Now let's demonstrate how to ensure an Android device is backing up WhatsApp chats and media on Google Drive.

 Step 1:
Open WhatsApp.
Tap Menu > Settings > Chats > Chat backup.
 
 Step 2:
>Tap Back up to Google Drive and select a backup frequency other than Never.
>Select a Google account that you'll back up your chat history to. If you don't have a Google account, tap Add account when prompted and enter your login credentials.
>Tap Back up over to choose the network you wish to use for backup. Please note that backing up over a cellular data network might result in additional data charges.

 You can also manually back up your chats to Google Drive at any time:
Tap Menu > Settings > Chats > Chat backup.
Tap BACK UP to begin your Google Drive backup. This process might take a few minutes.

When this is done, your WhatsApp backup is now functional and will run in the background accordingly based on the frequency chosen in step 2 above.
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