As WhatsApp states in its FAQ web page, customers can not switch chats in the event that they change from iPhone to Android and vice versa.
This, nevertheless, could change quickly and WhatsApp customers lastly get the flexibleness to maneuver chats from completely different units.
According to a report by WABetaInfo, the web site that tracks the upcoming modifications and options to the Facebook-owned app, WhatsApp is quickly going to roll out a characteristic that permit chat historical past migration between iOS and Android.
The report claims {that a} future replace for iOS and Android of the app will allow the likelihood emigrate customers’ chat historical past. The screenshot shared seems to be from the iOS model of the app because the title of the display is ‘move chats to Android,’ adopted by two choices of ‘update now’ and ‘not now.’
“When the user tries to link a device having a different operating system to his WhatsApp account, it’s always needed to update to the latest WhatsApp update available on the App Store or TestFlight, in order to avoid any compatibility error with the Android version,” reveals the report.
As of now, there isn’t any anticipated date by which this characteristic shall be rolled out, nevertheless it must be together with the assist to make use of the identical WhatsApp account throughout a number of units, which the report claims could occur quickly.
“Even if it doesn’t seem like that, WhatsApp is giving a lot of priority for this feature, that will allow you to use your WhatsApp account on multiple devices at the same time. The development of the feature takes a long time because it will totally change your experience on WhatsApp, and a lot of things have been rewritten in order to be compatible with multi devices,” provides the report.