WhatsApp introduced on Wednesday that its customers will now give you the option to switch their full chat historical past from Android to iOS and vice-versa. This characteristic was initially introduced final 12 months throughout the Galaxy Unpacked occasion. Prior to it, WhatsApp customers had to depend on third-party apps to switch their chat historical past or simply lose it whereas switching. The Meta-owned platform had initially made this characteristic out there in a beta replace. Unfortunately, this characteristic nonetheless doesn’t switch your WhatsApp name and fee historical past.
WhatsApp formally introduced the discharge of the brand new migration characteristic by way of tweet. The firm has up to date its FAQ page to spotlight the tactic for transferring WhatsApp chat historical past from Android to iOS. Users ought to pay attention to a couple of issues earlier than shifting ahead with the migration — their Android smartphone ought to be on Android 5 or larger and iOS 15.5 or above ought to be put in on their iPhone. The switch occurs wirelessly, so each of your gadgets ought to be related to the identical Wi-Fi community. Furthermore, it’s endorsed that you just join your handsets to an influence supply throughout the migration.
During final 12 months’s Galaxy Unpacked occasion, WhatsApp revealed that this new migration characteristic can be initially out there for choose Samsung smartphones. The characteristic was then made out there to a wider userbase as a part of a beta replace.
How to migrate from Android to iPhone
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Follow the on-screen prompts after opening the Move to iOS app in your Android cellphone.
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Enter the code displayed in your iPhone in your Android cellphone.
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Tap Continue and comply with the on-screen prompts.
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Select WhatsApp on the Transfer Data display
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Tap Start in your Android cellphone, and look ahead to WhatsApp to put together the information for export. You’ll be signed out out of your Android cellphone as soon as the information is ready.
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Tap Next to return to the Move to iOS app.
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Tap Continue to switch the information out of your Android cellphone to your iPhone and look ahead to Move to iOS to verify the switch is full.
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Install the newest model of WhatsApp from the App Store.
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Open WhatsApp and log in utilizing the identical cellphone quantity used in your previous gadget.
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Tap Start when prompted, and permit the method to full.
You will see your chats on the brand new gadget after you full its activation. Notably, the transferred knowledge is not going to be uploaded to iCloud till you create a backup. The knowledge will stay in your Android gadget till you uninstall WhatsApp or wipe your smartphone.
Things to be mindful earlier than transferring chat historical past
- Android OS Lollipop, SDK 21 or above, or Android 5 or above put in in your Android gadget
- iOS 15.5 or above put in in your iPhone
- Move to iOS app put in in your Android cellphone
- WhatsApp iOS model 2.22.10.70 or above in your new gadget
- WhatsApp Android model 2.22.7.74 or above in your previous gadget
- Use the identical cellphone quantity as your previous cellphone in your new gadget
- Your iPhone have to be manufacturing unit new or reset to manufacturing unit settings to pair with the Move to iOS app and transfer knowledge out of your Android cellphone
- Both of your gadgets have to be related to an influence supply
- Both of your gadgets want to be related to the identical Wi-Fi community otherwise you’ll want to join your Android gadget to your iPhone’s hotspot