WhatsApp May Soon Let You Export Backups Stored on Google Drive

WhatsApp is discovered to be engaged on an choice to let customers export their chat backups saved on Google Drive. The replace would permit customers to have their chat saved offline. The change has been reported to be within the works for Android customers at this second. Separately, WhatsApp has been noticed testing the power to let its enterprise customers view the data of the gadget from the place a message has been despatched by way of their accounts. This might be helpful for companies on condition that they’ve multi-device help on WhatsApp — identical to common customers.

According to a report by WhatsApp beta tracker WABetaInfo, the moment messaging app is engaged on the choice to let customers export their chat backups from Google Drive to the native storage of their units. The backup is alleged to have full chat historical past, together with messages, photographs, movies, and different media recordsdata.

WABetaInfo has shared a screenshot to provide us a glimpse of the characteristic that’s but to be accessible even to beta testers. The screenshot exhibits that customers would get an Export backup possibility within the Chat backup settings to allow them to transfer their backups from Google Drive.

WhatsApp is noticed engaged on an ‘Export backup’ possibility for Android customers
Photo Credit: WABetaInfo

It is reported by the supply that along with permitting customers to export chat backups, WhatsApp would introduce an choice to import backups on Google Drive.

Earlier this 12 months, WABetaInfo reported that WhatsApp backups on Google Drive would get restricted storage allocation. The new discovery in that situation would permit customers to import their chat backups in the event that they attain the actual threshold on Google Drive and retailer their backed-up information offline on their gadget. Users may have the ability to add their chat backups again to Google Drive once they have satisfactory area accessible.

Exact particulars on when WhatsApp would allow the choice to export backups from Google Drive are but to be revealed. It can be unclear whether or not WhatsApp would like permitting iOS customers to export their backups saved on iCloud in a similar way.

In addition to the export backups possibility, WhatsApp has began testing the power for its enterprise customers to allow them to view gadget details about their outgoing messages if there are different linked units accessing the identical account.

WABetaInfo reports that the change has been rolled out by way of WhatsApp Business for Android beta model 2.22.13.10 and WhatsApp Business for iOS beta model 22.12.0.73. It can be mentioned to be in testing for companies accessing the app utilizing a desktop.

A few screenshots shared by WABetaInfo present that customers will have the ability to see the identify of the linked gadget from the place the message was despatched within the chats thread.

WhatsApp is testing a capability to let enterprise customers see from the place they’ve despatched a message
Photo Credit: WABetaInfo

In the case of iOS, the screenshot means that customers would see the phrase ‘Admin’ alongside the identify of the gadget to point that the message was despatched by a selected gadget.

The change is helpful for companies who’re utilizing the identical account on a number of units. It would permit them to trace the gadget used for sending a selected message.