WhatsApp reportedly growing iOS to Android switch possibility for chat historical past

WhatsApp is growing a method for its customers to switch their chat histories from iOS to Android, based on reports from WABetaInfo and 9to5Google. The function may repair one of many largest annoyances with the Facebook-owned messaging service, which is that it’s not formally doable to switch a backup of your messages between iPhone and Android, solely between telephones working the identical working system. Details of the in-development function have been showing in WhatsApp’s software program since at least April.

Screenshots shared by WABetaInfo present a brand new “Move chats to Android” possibility in WhatsApp’s iOS app. A second screenshot reveals a display screen prompting customers to maintain their iPhone unlocked with WhatsApp open whereas the switch is going down. So far, many of the proof has pointed in direction of an iOS to Android switch function, however WABetaInfo has previously reported that the other may also be doable.

WhatsApp’s new switch device may type a part of a brand new “Switch to Android” iOS app beneath growth from Google, XDA Developers reports. Similar to the “Move to iOS” app that Apple provides to assist customers migrate from Android to iOS, Switch to Android may make it simpler emigrate to Google’s working system. Code in Google’s app suggests it’d combine with WhatsApp’s unreleased switch device, based on XDA Developers.

News of the migration function comes as WhatsApp is beta testing multi-device assist, permitting customers to entry their conversations from a number of gadgets, without having to route the whole lot by a single telephone. As properly as transferring chat histories between platforms, WABetaInfo has also reported that WhatsApp is growing a method of transferring them between completely different telephone numbers. It’s presently unclear when any of those options is likely to be extensively out there.