Report: This WhatsApp function is coming back

Patent dispute with BlackBerry should now be resolved –
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NRNBERG – Over the past few days, WhatsApp has drawn attention to itself, especially with the new data protection regulations, some of which drew severe criticism. But now this service has brought a message that users should be happy. According to a report, an old act is to be returned which was earlier to be removed for legal reasons – we clarify.

In particular, it is about the export of chat. For some users, this function is not completely new: WhatsApp introduced the option in the past, and the option then disappeared again in January 2020. The main issue here was a patent dispute with BlackBerry.

Now the chat export function should return – it wants to WABetaInfo Have experienced, too Techbook Report about this. A first trial version has therefore already appeared. Another indication of a return to function: this is a report from the US Media Service BloombergWhatsApp parent company Facebook and Blackberry had reached an agreement in a legal dispute.

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Origins of the debate: BlackBerry accused Facebook of using a technology for the export function and transfer of history to third parties, for which BlackBerry holds a patent. In December 2019, a Munich regional court decided that WhatsApp had to be banned – the result: chat exports disappeared in the German version of WhatsApp.

Dilemma for WhatsApp users: Those who don’t agree with this change will be kicked out!

How to activate the function

Before the function is removed from the app, users can select the “Export Chat” feature in the menu under “Additional Functions”. At that time it was possible to save chat backups on Google Drive or locally. Now this option will officially return to WhatsApp soon.