You can now migrate your WhatsApp chats from an iPhone to a brand new Samsung telephone

WhatsApp has added the power for customers emigrate their chat historical past when switching from iOS to Samsung Android units, the corporate stated in a weblog put up. Samsung introduced the characteristic was coming throughout its August Unpacked occasion, and addresses one of many extra irritating options — or lack of— of WhatsApp on cellular units. Previously, if customers chosen WhatsApp’s cloud backup characteristic, then iOS chat histories have been saved in iCloud, whereas Android’s histories backed as much as Google Drive, making it nearly inconceivable to switch chats between telephones that weren’t operating the identical working system.

There are a number of caveats WhatsApp outlines in its weblog put up:

If you’re transferring from an iPhone to a Samsung Android system, you possibly can switch your account info, profile picture, particular person chats, group chats, chat historical past, media and settings. You can’t switch your name historical past or show identify

In addition, you possibly can solely do the migration throughout preliminary setup of your new Samsung system, because the directions from WhatsApp say that “your new Android device must be factory new or reset to factory settings” to permit the migration, so customers must do an entire manufacturing unit reset of their Samsung system whether it is already operational.

The previous iPhone must have WhatsApp iOS model 2.21.160.17 or newer and the brand new Samsung telephone has to have WhatsApp Android model 2.21.16.20 or newer. The new system must have the Samsung SmartSwitch app model 3.7.22.1 or newer put in. The switch takes place through a USB-C to Lightning cable, so that you’ll want a kind of as properly.

Here are the steps to conduct the switch:

How emigrate WhatsApp chats from an iPhone to a brand new Samsung system

1. Turn in your Samsung and join by cable to your iPhone when prompted
2. Follow the Samsung Smart Switch directions
3. When prompted, scan the QR code displayed on the brand new Samsung system utilizing the iPhone’s digicam
4. Tap Start in your iPhone, and watch for the method to finish
5. Continue organising your new Samsung system
6. When you attain the house display screen, open WhatsApp and log in utilizing the identical telephone quantity used in your previous system
7. Tap Import when prompted, and permit the method to finish
8. Finish activating your new system. Your WhatsApp chats ought to now be obtainable.

After you full the migration, your previous iPhone will nonetheless have your knowledge on it except you delete WhatsApp or wipe the system fully. The transferred knowledge doesn’t go to cloud storage after the migration, and WhatsApp says it might probably’t see the info you switch.