If you're moving from an Android phone to an iPhone, you can transfer your WhatsApp data easily. This is currently available for beta users and will soon work for stable users as well. Now, you can transfer your account information, profile photo, individual chats, group chats, chat history, media, and settings. However, you can’t transfer your call history or display name.
Recently, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced, “We’re adding to WhatsApp the ability to securely switch between phones and transfer your chat history, photos, videos and voice messages between Android and iPhone while maintaining end-to-end encryption. This is a top requested feature. We launched the ability switch from iPhone–>Android last year and now adding Android–>iPhone as well.
Earlier, it was only possible to transfer chats from iPhone to Android.
However, there is couple of things to remember:
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The data transfer works on new or factory reset iPhones.
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iOS 15.5 or above must be installed on your iPhone.
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Android 5 or above must to be installed on your Android phone.
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Install the ‘Move to iOS app’ on your Android phone
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Connect both the devices to the same Wi-Fi network or connect the Android phone to your iPhone’s hotspot.
Here’s how to transfer your WhatsApp data from an Android device to an iPhone.
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Open the Move to iOS app on your Android phone and follow the on-screen prompts.
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A code will be displayed on your iPhone. When prompted, enter the code on your Android phone.
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Tap ‘Continue’ and follow the on-screen prompts.
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Select WhatsApp on the Transfer Data screen.
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Tap ‘START’ on your Android phone, and wait for WhatsApp to prepare the data for export. You’ll be signed out from your Android phone once the data is prepared.
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Tap ‘NEXT’ to return to the Move to iOS app.
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Tap ‘CONTINUE’ to transfer the data from your Android phone to your iPhone and wait for Move to iOS to confirm the transfer is complete.
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Install the latest version of WhatsApp from the App Store.
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Open WhatsApp and log in using the same phone number used on your old device.
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Tap ‘Start’ when prompted, and allow the process to complete.
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Finish activating your new device and you’ll see your chats waiting for you.
