[German]Brief information for WhatsApp users among the readership (or to pass on to these users). The Meta service seems to be having problems saving backups to Google Drive. And there has been an update to the app recently, which brings Meta AI.
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WhatsApp update brings Meta AI
Georgios sent me an email late in the evening of March 30, 2025, informing me that "WhatsApp has received a Meta update" (thanks for that).
The screenshot above says that a Meta AI service has been added. Meta Al is an optional service from Meta that uses AI models to provide answers. Meta Al can only read messages that people share with it. Meta cannot read other messages in personal chats, as personal messages remain end-to-end encrypted.
Users should not share any information, especially on sensitive topics, about third parties or themselves, that they do not want the AI to store and use. Meta shares information with selected partners so that Meta Al can provide relevant answers.
Interactions with Kls are not used to improve Meta's AI. There is a Meta privacy policy and user rights. There is a warning that messages will be generated by an AI that may be incorrect or inappropriate.
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Problems with Google Drive backups
Marco also sent me an email on March 24, 2025 to say that WhatsAp generally seems to have problems with Google Drive backups (thanks for that). Restores of the backups are not possible. According to the reader, many users currently seem to be affected by this.
He then pointed me to various threads on the r/whatsapp subreddit where those affected report that it has not been possible to restore WhatsApp backups from Google Drive for several days. This concerns, for example, the reddit.com thread WhatsApp Chat Recovery stuck, where the whole thing is described. The thread UPDATE ON BACKUP RESTORE ISSUE or the post Backup restore STUCK also address the restore problems.
As of the publication of this post, I haven't seen any reports that the problem has been fixed. There is only this post where someone claims that WhatsApp Messenger 2.25.8.82 fixes the problem. The person concerned wrote: "I've tried a few things here too. I accidentally deleted my most important chat on Saturday lunchtime and thought to myself: I can live with the data loss 06:00 – 12:00 today". So I did exactly what the Internet said: I shut down WhatsApp once and tried to restore from backup. Instead of a deleted chat, everything is now gone."
The reader recommends all those affected to deactivate the automatic Google Drive backup in WhatsApp for the time being, otherwise everything will really be gone. Was anyone affected and has the problem been fixed?
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