How to transfer whatsapp chat history from android to iphone

Q: Can you transfer WhatsApp chats from Android to iPhone?

If youre moving from an Android phone to an iPhone, you can transfer your account information, profile photo, individual chats, group chats, chat history, media, and settings. You cant transfer your call history or display name.

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What You’ll Need Before Transferring
Migrating WhatsApp Data From Android to iPhone
What’s Missing From the WhatsApp Transfer?
Bring Your WhatsApp Chats to iPhone
What do I need?
How to move your WhatsApp chat history from Android to iPhone
Can you transfer WhatsApp chats from Android to iPhone?
How do I restore WhatsApp chats from Google Drive Backup on an iPhone?

You can now use the free Move to iOS app to transfer all your chat history from an Android device to a new iPhone.

Transferring your documents, photos, and other data can be tricky when you switch from an Android phone to an iPhone. Some of the most important data you’ll want to transfer is your WhatsApp chat history.

Transferring WhatsApp data from Android to iPhone was almost impossible for ages. However, WhatsApp has now made it possible to migrate your conversations and media from Android to iPhone using the Move to iOS app. Here’s how you can move your chats from your Android phone to your iPhone.

What You’ll Need Before Transferring

Before transferring your WhatsApp data from Android to iOS, you’ll need to meet a few requirements. Here’s what you’ll need:

An Android device running Android 5 (Lollipop) or later
An iPhone running iOS 15.5 or later
WhatsApp version 2.22.10.70 or later on your iPhone
WhatsApp version 2.22.7.74 or later on your Android device
You must connect your iPhone and Android to power sources
Both devices should be on the same Wi-Fi network, or you should connect your Android to your iPhone’s hotspot

After you’ve met all the requirements, you’ll need to factory reset your iPhone and install the free Move to iOS app on your Android phone.

Migrating WhatsApp Data From Android to iPhone

Now that you’re ready, here’s how you can transfer your WhatsApp chats and other data to your iPhone:

Swipe to start the setup process on your iPhone.
Choose Move Data from Android when the Apps & Data screen appears. You’ll see a code on your iPhone.
Open the Move to iOS app on your Android phone and follow the onscreen prompts.
Enter your iPhone’s code in your Android device’s Move to iOS app and tap Continue to proceed.
Choose WhatsApp on the Transfer Data screen on your Android phone.
Tap Start to make WhatsApp scan and prepare your data for transfer.
Follow the instructions to return to the Move to iOS app and wait for the data transfer to complete.
Once the transfer is complete, install the latest version of WhatsApp from the App Store on your iPhone.
Open WhatsApp on your iPhone and log in using the same phone number as your Android device had.
Tap Start when you receive a prompt on your iPhone and wait for the transfer process to finish.

Once this is done, you’ll be able to open WhatsApp to see your chats and other data on your iPhone. Now you can set up your iPhone as usual.

What’s Missing From the WhatsApp Transfer?

Since you’ve moved your WhatsApp data from Android to iPhone, your Google Drive backup won’t be here. You’ll have to make another cloud backup of your WhatsApp data to iCloud to keep protecting your chats.

You can transfer all of your conversations, media, and documents during this transfer process. However, you won’t be able to migrate any peer-to-peer payment messages, call logs, and display names during this process.

If you don’t see some of your photos, there are other ways to recover deleted photos from WhatsApp. Also, you might have to log in to WhatsApp Web again.

Bring Your WhatsApp Chats to iPhone

A wide range of users of different ages and demographics rely on WhatsApp on a daily basis. And most of them would be worried moving from an Android device to iPhone for fear of data loss. Now that WhatsApp migration from Android to iOS is available, they won’t need to worry any near as much about losing any data.

Even with this new transfer capability, though, WhatsApp still lacks a lot of features that put it behind other popular messaging services, like Telegram.

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For a long time now, moving from Android to iPhone was reasonably straightforward, with one glaring exception: WhatsApp. The popular messaging service made it near impossible to export your messages and load them up on your iPhone. The most frustrating part was that you could create backups in the app itself, but had no way of transferring them across platforms.

Thankfully, that has recently changed, and you can now import your old conversations when setting up a new iPhone. With the launch of version 2.22.10.70 on iOS, WhatsApp finally lets you bring over your messages. Here are the steps you need to move your WhatsApp chats and messages from Android to iOS.

What do I need?

There are a few things you’ll require before being able to make the transfer.

On your Android phone:

Android 5 or above
Move to iOS app
WhatsApp version 2.22.7.74 or later
Connected to a power source
Connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone (or connected to the iPhone’s hotspot)

On your iPhone:

iOS 15.5 or later
WhatsApp version 2.22.10.70 or later
The same phone number as your Android phone (same SIM)
iPhone must be factory reset or new, as it needs to connect to Move to iOS app on Android
Connected to a power source
Connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the Android phone (or using its hotspot with the Android device)

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How to move your WhatsApp chat history from Android to iPhone

Moving your messages is a quick and easy job now. Here’s what you need to do.

Open the Move to iOS app on your Android phone and follow the instructions.
You should be prompted to connect to your iPhone by typing in a code number.
Tap Continue and follow the prompts until you reach the Transfer Data screen.
Here you’ll see WhatsApp as an option. Select it and tap Start to begin accumulating your data. When it’s ready, you’ll see you’ve been logged out of WhatsApp on your Android phone. Tap Next to continue.
Go back to the Move to iOS app. Tap the Continue button and all your data should be transferred to the iPhone.
On your iPhone, insert the SIM from your Android phone, if you haven’t already done so.
Open WhatsApp and log into your account (being sure to use the same phone number as on your Android phone). When you see the Start button appear, tap it and your data should be loaded onto your new device.
Complete the setup on your iPhone. Once everything is in place you should see that your WhatsApp messages are all present and correct.

Want to run Whatsapp on your iPad? Read: How to get WhatsApp on iPad.

Now you’re free to continue your chats on your new iPhone, but if you’re not sure what to do with the Android device, take a look at how to sell, donate and recycle your old electronics guide on our sister site Tech Advisor.

Martyn has been involved with tech ever since the arrival of his ZX Spectrum back in the early 80s. He covers iOS, Android, Windows and macOS, writing tutorials, buying guides and reviews for Macworld and its sister site Tech Advisor.

Can you transfer WhatsApp chats from Android to iPhone?

If you're moving from an Android phone to an iPhone, you can transfer your account information, profile photo, individual chats, group chats, chat history, media, and settings. You can't transfer your call history or display name.