Its a great news for whatsapp users. Now whatsapp user can directly back up their messages to Google Drive y. An APK mirror of the WhatApp app with this feature had been leaked in April this year.

It sounds that Google has officially  announced this on their official blog and said that Android users can now created "private backup of chat history, voice messages, photos, and videos in Google Drive."

The advantage to this feature is that once you switch phones or your old phone dies unexpectedly, at least your WhatsApp chats will be saved.

Whatsapp 2.12.45 APK had allowed users to try the Google Drive feature, but it was not available on the official WhatsApp site or Google Play Store. Once users update, in chat backup, they will see the Google Drive option. After you switch on Chat backup, the backup should start taking place automatically.

Google says it is rolling out the feature to Android app users over the coming months and they should waiting for the update.