WhatsApp May Soon Add Support For Android To iOS Chat Transfers

WhatsApp final week rolled out the ability to transfer chats from an iPhone to an Android smartphone. Though the feature is limited to Samsung smartphones equally of at present, the visitor has confirmed that it's coming to Android devices from other OEMs soon. It appears the Facebook-owned messaging service is preparing to add together transfers from Android to iOS equally well.

The ever-so-reliable WhatsApp insiders over at WABetainfo have discovered that the company is working on a feature to facilitate transfers of chats and media from an Android smartphone to an iPhone. The feature is currently in evolution and doesn't yet have a release date. It's also unclear how the feature would piece of work. However, the written report claims that the procedure would require the Motion to iOS app that helps transfer contacts, media, spider web bookmarks, calendars, and more than from Android to iOS.

Past the looks of it, the transfer of WhatsApp chats from Android to iOS would work like it does the other way round, i.e. iOS to Android. Meaning y'all will require to transfer everything locally via a cable. That'due south because WhatsApp uses different cloud platforms for backups on Android and iOS. Then the transfer doesn't come near hands. You lot tin't simply upload your information to the cloud from your old device and download it on the new device.

On Samsung devices, the feature requires the Samsung SmartSwitch app. It'southward unclear which app WhatsApp would use to transfer chats to other Android devices from an iPhone. Google has a "Switch to Android" app in the works but it's non official withal.

The new report also confirms that this upcoming WhatsApp feature volition work on all Android devices and won't be limited to Samsung smartphones. The publication expects the feature to exist bachelor to beta users in the not-then-afar future.

Android to iOS transfers of WhatsApp chats is seemingly coming soon

The power to transfer chats between Android and iOS is one of the most requested features on WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned company finally added the ability on Samsung smartphones last week. It'due south at present preparing to expand it to more devices.

WhatsApp says you tin transfer everything from your profile photograph and settings to text messages, vocalization letters, photos, and videos. It doesn't let you transfer your call history, display proper name, and peer-to-peer payment messages though.

That's for transfers from iOS to Android, of form. We don't even so take whatsoever information well-nigh it works for Android to iOS transfers. Hopefully, we volition meet this feature in beta shortly.