While the dates given by the company are a bit flexible, we know that the days of unlimited storage for our WhatsApp backups are about to end: in December for beta users and in the first half of 2024 for the rest. The first lucky ones, including me, they already receive a notification.

If you’re pretty limited on Google’s shared storage and still need a little more time to prepare and free up space, we’ll let you know. How do you know when change will affect you?from the notification displayed in the app.

You have 30 days of unlimited copies left

Since 2018 and due to an agreement between Google and WhatsApp, WhatsApp users on Android Free stick to save your backups Google is in the cloud: whatever they occupy does not count against the storage space, and even if our storage is full to the brim, this does not prevent us from saving our backup copy.

This is about to change. WhatsApp beta users will be the first to lose unlimited storage starting this December. We now know that before this happens, the app shows a notification in the part Backups inside chatsin your settings.

“Backups will begin using your Google storage in the coming months,” the notification reads. Months, in the plural, but if we touch on this More information When you open the relevant help page, we will see the phrase “We will notify you using a banner 30 days before this change occurs.” So, when the notification appears, it means You have 30 days of free storage left. At least in theory.

This gives us some time to prepare ourselves mentally, as well as make any necessary adjustments, such as clearing our WhatsApp or freeing up space on Google storage. Also, it basically means: Everything will be a little later than expected.because if notifications come in December, it means that the actual end of the backup will really come in January, and this is for the first “lucky” ones.

Xataka on Android | Unlimited WhatsApp backup ends tomorrow: last chance to prepare