Mark Zuckerberg announces the ability to move chats to iOS
After announcing important changes for the Cloud API at the Conversations 2022 keynote, Mark Zuckerberg just revealed on Facebook another top requested feature for WhatsApp: the ability to transfer our chat history from Android to iOS!
Common questions | Answers |
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Name of the feature? | Move chats to iOS |
Status? | Rolling out |
Compatibility? | WhatsApp for iOS 2.22.10.70 and WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.7.74 updates are marked as compatible versions. |
I’ve installed these updates but I do not have this feature. Why? | Please be sure to install the mentioned compatible builds of WhatsApp for iOS and Android and update the device OS version. Read below for further details. |
Previous news? | WhatsApp is releasing automatic albums on Windows beta |
Last year, WhatsApp has released a new feature that lets users migrate their chat history from iOS to Android: at first, it was limited to some Samsung phones, then Google enabled the support for all Pixel devices.
Finally, there is news for those users that need a Move Chats to iOS option today. Mark Zuckerberg just published a new post on Facebook where he is announcing one of the top-requested features: the ability to securely transfer your chat history from Android to iOS!
Before starting the process to migrate the chat history, note that you need to at least have Android 5 installed on your Android device and iOS 15.5 on your iPhone. Since iOS 16 is a beta version, it is not guaranteed that it will work since WhatsApp does not provide support for beta versions of iOS.
- Please connect both of your devices to a power source. It is not needed a cable to migrate your data, in this case: just connect your devices to the same Wi-Fi network.
- Your iPhone must be factory new or just reset it right within iPhone settings in order to use the Move to iOS app.
- When you’re ready, open the Move to iOS app on your Android device and follow what the app prompts.
- Enter the same code on Android that’s displayed on your iPhone, please continue and be sure to select WhatsApp right within the Transfer Data screen.
- We’re ready to start the process to transfer data: tap START on your Android device and please hold on until all data is migrated. You will be signed out from your Android device once the data is fully migrated.
- Tap NEXT to return to the Move to iOS app. Finally, you can continue to transfer the data from your Android device to your iPhone and wait for the Move to iOS app to complete the process.
- After activating your iOS device, install the latest version of WhatsApp Messenger from the App Store: log into WhatsApp by using the same phone number used on your old Android device, tap START and please hold on.
- After logging into WhatsApp for iPhone, your chats and media on WhatsApp will finally show up.
When you transfer your chat history across different platforms, WhatsApp is not able to see the data you transfer. In addition, you need to manually enable the end-to-end encrypted backup option right within WhatsApp for iPhone if you want, even if you already enabled encrypted backups on WhatsApp for Android.
Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision for WhatsApp Communities two months ago, including message reactions and other new features, and the Move chats to iOS feature is considered another step forward that improves the app.
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