The mobile data plan provides a consumption limit that cannot be exceeded, as there is a price for each megabyte you use, and in some countries the data plan is very expensive, and to overcome this problem, there are special settings for each application running on your phone through which you can adjust the consumption rate Data, as a lot of application consumption of data is wasted on things that you can do without, and WhatsApp is no exception.
Here are 4 ways to reduce mobile data consumption while using WhatsApp:
Advertising materialThe WhatsApp application supports the (Low Data Usage) option, which allows you to reduce the amount of data it uses during voice calls with contacts, and at the same time Although it is not clear how exactly WhatsApp does this in the background, the connection quality appears to be lower when the (Low Data Usage) option is activated, and to activate it, you can follow the following steps:
• Go to the Settings menu in the application.• Press the “Data and storage usage” option.• Under the “Call Settings” section, you will find the (Low Data Usage) option, activate it by clicking on switch button next to it.
Like many other instant messaging applications; WhatsApp allows photos and videos, and some of them can be large in size, which leads to an increase in data consumption and internal storage space on your phone.
By the way, if you don't have enough internal storage on your smartphone, you can check the WhatsApp media folder in your device's photo library, and delete the photos you don't want to save space.
You can set WhatsApp to automatically download media files only when using (Wi-Fi) Wi-Fi, which saves on your mobile data consumption, just follow the following steps: Go to the Settings menu in the application. Press on The Data and storage Usage option. Go to the Media Auto-Download section. Click on the option (When using phone data), then uncheck the check box next to each of the pictures and files You can also take the same step in the (when connected to Wi-Fi) option, because even if you choose not to download multimedia items automatically, you will always be able to download them manually even when connected through mobile data .
WhatsApp backs up your chats and media files to the cloud, which means it stores a copy of all your text chats, photos, and videos you share (not your voice calls) On your Google Drive account, so that you can restore it later after changing the phone, or reinstalling the application, but you can reduce data consumption and adjust the backup process when connected to a Wi-Fi network, by following these steps: Go to the Settings menu in the application • Click on the (Chats) option. • Click on the (Chat backup) option, then select (Wi-Fi) instead of Wi-Fi or Cellular.
For iPhone users, the settings are slightly different, as the backup is done on iCloud. There are not many options like the Android version, but the feature is present in the iCloud settings itself, and you can set it by following these steps: Go to (Settings) on the iPhone. • Click on the (iCloud) iCloud option, then (iCloud Drive) iCloud Drive. Set the Use Cellular Data option to Off.
It is good to know the amount of data that you consume when using WhatsApp, as the application supports an option that provides you with some detailed statistics that give you an idea of the amount of data that you consume, and to access it follow the following steps Go to the Settings menu. Click on the Data and storage usage option. Click on the Network usage option. A list of numbers that have been calculated since installing and using WhatsApp on your device will appear. • You can reset all values to zero and start counting again so you can get a better idea of your usage after a set number of days. Scroll down to the Reset statistics option, and click on it.
