WhatsApp Rolls Out Chat Transfer Feature to More Beta Testers: Report

WhatsApp has reportedly began rolling out the power to maneuver chats throughout platforms — from Android to iOS — for extra beta testers. The wider roll out of the function comes with the replace to WhatsApp for Android beta 2.22.15.11, in line with a report. The preliminary roll out of the function was introduced by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of WhatsApp’s guardian firm Meta, in mid-June. The means to switch chats throughout platforms was first unveiled on the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked occasion in August 2021. The replace is predicted to achieve extra WhatsApp accounts within the coming weeks.

According to a report by function tracker Wabetainfo, WhatsApp has began rolling out the power to switch knowledge from Android telephones to iPhones for extra beta testers on WhatsApp for Android beta 2.22.15.11. This function was beforehand solely out there for A/B testers, and many individuals have been unable to switch their chat historical past from Android to iOS, in line with the report.

In mid-June, Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Meta (previously often called Facebook), had introduced the preliminary roll out of the function by way of a Facebook put up. This announcement got here almost 10 months after WhatsApp first unveiled the function permitting transferring of WhatsApp chats from iOS to Android, on the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked occasion on August 11 final 12 months.

At the time of the preliminary roll out, WhatsApp had informed Gadgets 360 that the beta replace that may enable customers to switch knowledge from Android telephones to iPhones was rolling out slowly and would take a few week to achieve all customers.

As per an FAQ on WhatsApp’s official web site, so as to switch knowledge from an Android smartphone to an iPhone, customers want to put in the Move to iOS utility on their Android smartphone working Android 5 or above. The iPhone to which customers want to switch knowledge have to be working no less than iOS 15.5. To allow the function customers ought to be working WhatsApp for Android model 2.22.7.74 or above with the identical cellphone quantity on each the handsets.

After customers have transferred the info from an Android smartphone to an iPhone it could not wipe out the info from the Android cellphone. Users may have both should delete WhatsApp or reset the smartphone so as to erase the info. It is to be famous WhatsApp doesn’t at present enable customers to switch WhatsApp name historical past or peer-to-peer cost historical past, as a part of the chat switch function.