Last year, WhatsApp announced a new feature that allows users to transfer chat history when transferring an iPhone to Android. Initially, t...
Last year, WhatsApp announced a new feature that allows users to transfer chat history when transferring an iPhone to Android.
Initially, this feature was only available on Samsung devices, starting with Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3. A few months ago, Google revealed that all of its Pixel phones have this feature. The transfer feature will be available on all new phones that also feature Android 12. But what about transferring WhatsApp conversations from Android to iPhone? WhatsApp conversations can be transferred from Android to iPhone.
Apple has finally listened to your requests and allowed you to transfer your WhatsApp data from your Android device to your iPhone. To do this, you will need a new iPhone that has not yet been set up, or you will need to reset your iPhone to factory settings.
Mark Zuckerberg shared the news on Facebook on Tuesday: “We've added to WhatsApp the ability to securely transfer between your phones and your chat history, photos, videos, and voice messages between Android and iPhone while continuing your end-to-end encryption. is a much sought-after feature. Last year we launched the migration option from iPhone> Android and now we have also added Android> iPhone.
Step-By-Step Instructions
As mentioned above, you need to have a new iPhone to make it work. You also need Android 5 or higher on your Android phone and iOS 15.5 on the iPhone.
Here are the steps you need to take to transfer WhatsApp data from Android to iOS:
Install the Move to iOS app from Google Play on your Android device.
Follow all the instructions in the app until you see the code on your iPhone.
3. Enter this code on your Android phone, press "Continue" and follow the instructions.
4. Finally, you will be taken to the screen with the text "Data transfer" at the top. You can choose to transfer data from applications such as Messages, Contacts, Calendar, and now WhatsApp. Be sure to tap WhatsApp before tapping "Forward" at the bottom of the screen.
5. Follow the instructions below to complete the data transfer process on your iPhone.
Follow these steps to transfer your account information, profile photo, individual chats, group chats, chat history, media, and settings. The only data you lose is your display name and call history, but that's a small price.
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