You can now transfer your WhatsApp chat history, including text messages, photos, videos, and voice messages, from an Android device to an iPhone while maintaining end-to-end encryption. This article outlines the steps required to transfer your WhatsApp chat history from an Android phone to an iPhone.
This much-needed migration feature allows you to move everything from your WhatsApp history, including text messages, voice notes, and media files, to your new iPhone.
How to transfer your WhatsApp data from Android to iPhone
If you change your phone from Android to iPhone, you can transfer your account information, profile picture, individual chats, group chats, chat history, media, and settings. You can't transfer call history or display name.
Please note that WhatsApp chat history migration is supported only on Android devices running Android 5.0 or later and iPhones running iOS 15.5 or later. Additionally, both the Android phone and the iPhone must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network during the migration process. The following steps will guide you through the transfer process.
How to transfer data from Android to iPhone (Transfer data via Move to iOS)
What to do on Android?
Step 1: Download the "Move to iOS" app.
The system uses Apple's Move to iOS app for Android phones, and can be started during the setup process for a new iPhone (or factory reset)
Step 2: Ensure that WhatsApp is updated to the latest version on your Android device.
Step 3: Open the "Move to iOS" app and follow the on-screen instructions.
How to Set Up Your iPhone
Step 1: Turn on your new iPhone; it should be in factory default settings.
Step 2: If it's a used iPhone, perform a reset by navigating to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.
Step 3: Follow the on-screen instructions on your iPhone until you reach the 'Transfer Android Data' option.
With your iPhone on one side and your Android device on the other, the transfer process will commence, and in just a few minutes, all your data will be on your new iPhone.
- Start the setup process for your new iPhone (or perform a factory reset if it's already set up) ... You can restore factory settings via Settings, General .
You can connect the two phones via a dedicated cable or via Wi-Fi
- When you reach the "Apps & Data" setup screen on your iPhone, choose "Transfer data from Android.".
- On your Android phone, launch the "Move to iOS" app and follow the on-screen instructions.
- On your Android phone, open the "Move to iOS" app and follow the on-screen instructions. On your iPhone, tap "Continue" when you see the Android Transfer screen, then wait for a ten or six-digit code to appear.
- Enter the code on your Android phone, select "WhatsApp" on the data transfer screen, and then click "Start."
- Wait for your WhatsApp chat history and data to be prepared for migration.
- Once the process is complete, you will be signed out of WhatsApp on your Android device.
- After your iPhone setup is finished, download WhatsApp from the App Store and sign in using the same phone number.
By following these steps, your WhatsApp chat history from your Android phone should now be visible on your new iPhone.
