WhatsApp is one of the instant messaging applications that is not lacking in mobile phones, due to the different advantages it offers such as simple use, speed, and even the possibility of sending images, videos and stickers.
Thus, the use of the application WhatsApp it is frequent, although it is convenient to know how much of our data it uses while we occupy it.
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As a matter of principle, it should be clarified that if WhatsApp over a Wi Fi network, the dataas these are unlimited. However, if the app is used through a mobile data connection, the megabytes that are consumed are those of the rate that has been contracted.
However, you have a phone plan with data unlimited, it is best to have control of the data that are consumed with the use of WhatsApp, so as not to run out of data before the end of the billing or rental cycle, which in many cases is monthly.
Although WhatsApp is one of the applications that least data consumes, it is important to know how much you spend in particular while we use it, says the Pro Android website, specialized in technology issues.
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In the application settings you will find a section called “Data usage”. This section lets you know the amount of data used by the different files and messages that are sent and received in WhatsApp.
If the history is deleted and then a message is sent, it is possible to know the amount of data who spends the same. According to the Pro Android study, sending a message uses 525 bytes, and receiving it, 763 bytes, which is a very low amount that despite multiplying it by several thousand, it will not represent a large consumption.
Where it does make an important difference in terms of spending data with WhatsApp, it is in the multimedia content that is passed through the app. Each image and video is much heavier, and downloading or sending hundreds of them in a month may involve a data spending mayor.
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Tips for controlling data spending
Among the tips recommended by telephone companies to verify the use of data used by each of the applications that are active in the cell they find each other:
Constantly monitor the account statements in which the specific use of cellular data.
Be clear about the limit of data with which it is counted.
Verify the conditions and characteristics that each application needs for the ideal operation.
Do not update Applications or download items with Mobile data, unless necessary.
Disable Mobile data when not in use.
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