WhatsApp will soon delete your old videos, messages - Here is how to save them
San Francisco, Aug 19 : Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is consistently bringing a number of updates to enhance the user experience. But, one of its latest updates will change the app forever. WhatsApp is known for keeping your old data including messages, videos and photos, safe for a long period of time. However, in its latest post, the messaging app said that it has come up with a new way to store your data. Instead of backing up data on the device, it will now store it on Google Drive.
It also said that back-up won’t make use of the Google Drive storage space. All these backed-up messages, photos, and videos of the country will remain on Google Drive but they won’t count towards the storage limit of the user.
This will not only save storage space on your phones but also on Google Drive. “Starting November 12, 2018, WhatsApp backups will no longer count towards the Google Drive storage quota,” the statement from WhatsApp read.
However, on the flip side, the platform said that it will start deleting some of your old content. Any data that has not been backed up for over a year will start disappearing from Google Drive. “Furthermore, WhatsApp backups that haven’t been updated in more than one year will be automatically removed from Google Drive storage,” it said.
Why save WhatsApp data?
There could be nothing worse than going into your social media archives to try and find a certain photo or message, only to discover that it has been suspiciously wiped from your device. If you don’t want to face a similar situation, you need to back up your WhatsApp data manually before November 12, 2018.
The chats and media can be backed up on Google Drive. WhatsApp has advised the users to connect their phones to Wi-Fi prior to backing up their chats via Google Drive, as backup files can vary in size and consume mobile data, causing additional charges.
Meanwhile, Google too, in an e-mail to users, has said, “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.”
How to backup data?
To back up data, switch on your Wi-Fi first. Then open WhatsApp and go to Menu. Open settings, then chats and then click on Chat back-up. If you select Back Up, everything on the phone would be automatically backed up to the Google Drive.
courtesy : financialexpress.com
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Passengers on board Air India flight from Copenhagen to Delhi fight over armrest space
Mumbai, Dec 22: Two passengers on board a Delhi-bound Air India flight from Copenhagen (Denmark) came to blows over armrest space just when the aircraft was about to land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday, a source said.
The flight landed at around 7.35 am.
An Air India official said that the passengers had an argument over some issue at its Copenhagen-Delhi flight of Saturday which was later sorted out "amicably".
According to the source, "The two passengers started an argument over the armrest space in economy class when the cabin crew was serving food and beverages, which turned into a heated exchange. The cabin crew pacified them by giving one of the passengers another seat.
"However, when the aircraft was about to land in Delhi, the passenger came to collect his baggage from the seat he was sitting earlier, they again started the fight and came to blows."
The number of passengers on board the Boeing 787-8 aircraft, operating AI 158 (Copenhagen-Delhi) could not be known.
The source, however, said that the flight was almost full.
When contacted, an Air India official said, "There was an argument between the two passengers over some issue but it was resolved amicably. They even shook hands before leaving the airport."
