WhatsApp Will Have Its Own Cloud Service for Backups, but the Free GB Might Be Few

WhatsApp is preparing to enhance its service with a long-awaited feature that could involve an additional cost for users.

Meta's application currently uses Google Drive and iCloud as "support" services to save backups of conversations in the cloud.
In the future, however, the app may have its own cloud service available to users, who will no longer need to rely on Google or Apple.

The cloud space will be protected by encryption, but the free GB might be quite limited. Here are the first details about it.

A Paid Service?

The first details of the new service were revealed by WABetaInfo. WhatsApp is expected to introduce its own cloud service that users can use as an alternative to the one currently available (the leak refers to Android, and thus to an alternative to Google Drive).

WhatsApp is expected to provide only 2 GB of free space, but there may be paid plans costing around 1 euro per month for access to 50 GB of space, a more than sufficient amount to save chat backups. The cloud service is expected to offer end-to-end encryption for maximum security.

It is also possible that for users of WhatsApp Plus, the new paid version of the application, there will be bonuses (such as additional cloud space). For more details about this new feature, which marks a turning point for users and the application, we will just have to wait for the coming weeks. For now, WhatsApp will continue to test its new cloud service.