Google Photos backup option for messaging apps is now turned off by default

Google quietly made an important change to its Photos app that will affect those who usually back up images from various messaging apps. So, starting today, Google Photos will no longer back up images from messaging apps like WhatsApp and Messages by default.

There's a reason that Google decided to turn off the backup and sync option with these messaging apps, and it's not hard to guess: COVID-19. As per Google's , “due to COVID-19, people are sharing more photos and videos. To save internet resources, backup & sync has been turned off for device folders created by messaging apps like ...

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