Users can now transfer WhatsApp chats from all Android to iPhone

WhatsApp last year brought the option of transferring chats from Android to iPhone only for some Samsung smartphones and Google Pixel devices but now users can transfer WhatsApp chats from all Andriod to iPhone soon. 

According to the foreign media reports, Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp may soon get the ability to let users move their chat history from an Android device to a new iPhone. 

Currently, new iPhone users have no way of transferring their WhatsApp chats from an Android phone to iPhone. However, this changed last year as WhatsApp brought the ability to move chats to an iPhone from some Samsung and Google Pixel smartphones. Now, the company seems to be expanding this feature to more Android phones.

As spotted in the latest WABetaInfo report, WhatsApp’s iOS beta version 22.2.74 has carried references about the ability to move chats from an Android phone to iPhone. 

The report also shows a screenshot where the app asks users for their permission to import chat history. WABetaInfo has only found references of the feature, meaning beta testers haven’t yet got access to the experience. This news indicates that there is some time for the feature to reach end users.

WhatsApp released a beta version back in September last year that suggested that users will soon get the option of moving their chats to iOS from an older Android device. The feature may require users to connect their Android phones with the new iPhone with a Lightning to USB type-C cable to move their chat history. The migration process may also require users to have Apple’s Move app on their Android phones.

In August last year, WhatsApp announced the introduction of a service to transfer chat history from iOS devices to Android phones.

Which was initially introduced on Android 10 or 11 operating system, but now this feature has been given in the new beta version of WhatsApp for iOS.

Screenshots of the feature have also been shared by the site, which tracks WhatsApp updates. Permission will be sought from WhatsApp prior to the transfer, and the app will have to be kept open and the phone unlocked until the chat is transferred.

This will transfer accounts information, profile photos, chats, group chats, chat history, voice messages, photos and videos and settings.

The company says the tool was difficult to implement because all messages are end-to-end encrypted and stored on the device.