After being tested, the ability to transfer your entire WhatsApp chat history from an Android phone to an iPhone is coming in an update to Apple's Move to iOS app.
This means that all your photos, videos, voice messages, and chat history since you installed WhatsApp can now be moved, as well as being able to do the same the other way around.
This is a long-requested feature from users because before, you would have had to manually transfer your content to an iPhone or use a third-party app on a laptop. However, Apple and Meta have clearly found a way to make this work in Move to iOS, which is free to download from the Google Play Store (opens in a new tab). It will mean a lot less headache when someone wants to switch from iPhone to Android, or vice versa.
Analysis: a long-awaited feature
In what almost feels like another life, I worked at a phone store where I helped set up and transfer customers' data from their old phones to a new one, and WhatsApp was always a challenge to make sure everything transferred from one phone to another. device to another.
There were times when I had to transfer individual files from one Android device to another via Bluetooth, or if it was from Android to iOS, I tried to transfer the media, but admittedly transferring chat history was almost impossible.
With this Move to iOS update, that's no longer a problem. Now it's just an extra step in the app when you transfer your contacts and other personal data.
WhatsApp said in a message (opens in a new tab) that you should at least update your Android phone to version 5 and your new iPhone to iOS 15.5 and the latest version of WhatsApp on your Android device.