WhatsApp is one of the most popular communication platforms in the world, and it reached that lofty position before it even had a backup solution. Beginning in 2015, the Facebook-owned app added support for Google Drive backup and restore. Google and WhatsApp inked a deal that ensured those backups would not count against the Drive storage

Source: Hot Hardware – WhatsApp Chats Backed Up To Google Drive Will Soon Count Towards Your Storage Cap