WhatsApp makes it easy to transfer chat history between devices

Transferring your WhatsApp messages and large attachments between phones running the same operating system may soon be a little easier. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new chat transfer feature that bypasses any cloud backups by scanning the QR code shown on your old phone with your new phone. “Data is only shared between your two devices, and is fully encrypted during transfer,” said WhatsApp’s announcement of the new feature.

The new process has the potential to be much faster and easier than the current cloud-based option, which involves backing up your chat history to iCloud or Google Drive and then rejoining it. download it to a new device, And if your chat and media backups, for example, are larger than the 5GB of free storage included with each iCloud account, it easily goes over any cloud storage limits you use.

This feature only works between devices running the same operating system, so Android to Android or iOS to iOS. If you’re looking to transfer chat history between the two, the process is slightly different depending on which direction you’re moving your data. Here is WhatsApp’s help page to proceed iphone to android, and here is the page for Android to iPhone,

WhatsApp’s announcement didn’t specify an exact release date for the new feature WABetaInfo It was earlier seen that it is being gradually released to both beta testers Android And iOS, This, combined with today’s official announcement, suggests that wider availability of the feature is not far off. Once available, you’ll be able to access the feature by going to Settings, Chats, and selecting “Chat Transfer” on your old device.