WhatsApp has finally unveiled a highly requested feature that would allow users to transfer chat history between their Android and iOS smartphones. This feature has been anticipated by many users for a while now would simplify moving accounts between an Android and an iOS phone.

WhatsApp Chat Migration

Notably, the popular social media platform made the announced at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event. While the process of shifting chat history before was complicated and could involve third party apps, it seems that the company is now offering a simply solution. As of right now, Samsung smartphones will be the first to be compatible with chat transfer to iPhones. Although, we can soon expect the feature to be available for more iOS and Android devices sometime in the near future.

WhatsApp stated that a user’s chat history is end to end encrypted on their own devices and migrating chats along with voice notes posed a number of technical issues. But it seems that the company is working with the world’s largest smartphone maker to overcome this hurdle. The Facebook owned messaging based firm added that “WhatsApp will be introducing the ability to move your entire WhatsApp chat history — including voice notes, photos, and conversations — in a seamless and secure way if you choose to switch mobile operating systems.

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It further added that “The feature means that people will be able to switch between the platforms of their choice, and take their WhatsApp history with them. The feature will be available to users of both Android and iOS systems — which means that people will be able to switch from both Android to iOS, and from iOS to Android. It will start to roll out on Android initially, and on Samsung’s newest Galaxy phones to start. Users will be able to take their WhatsApp history from iOS to an Android device, and will subsequently be able to do the same on iOS devices.”

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