WhatsApp officially extends its end-to-end encryption (EE2E) for chat histories saved in Google Drive or iCloud. In its mission to provide a safe and secure platform for its 1 billion users, WhatsApp is now rolling out its EE2E for chat histories. This makes it the first social messaging app to extend an “extra, optional layer of security” for messages, media, voice messages, video calls, and chat backups made in a third-party cloud hosting software. WhatsApp users can secure their EE2E backups with a personally generated password and 64-digit encryption key. Additionally, these prior steps must be followed to enable EE2E for backups in WhatsApp: • Open Settings. WhatsApp’s EE2E for backups is available for Android and iOS users. Read more in our articles including "WhatsApp rolls out end-to-end encrypted backups for Android and iOS" and "Meta launches Meta Business Agent for WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram".
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Jun 11, 2026WhatsApp officially extends its end-to-end encryption (EE2E) for chat histories saved in Google Drive or iCloud. In its mission to provide a safe and secure platform for its 1 billion users, WhatsApp is now rolling out its EE2E for chat histories.
This makes it the first social messaging app to extend an “extra, optional layer of security” for messages, media, voice messages, video calls, and chat backups made in a third-party cloud hosting software. WhatsApp users can secure their EE2E backups with a personally generated password and 64-digit encryption key. Additionally, these prior steps must be followed to enable EE2E for backups in WhatsApp: • Open Settings.
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