WhatsApp tips: How to transfer chats from Android phone to iPhone

WhatsApp tips: Google 's Android mobile operating system and Apple 's Android aren't exactly compatible. While one uses Google cloud for backing up user data, the other uses iCloud for the same. This difference, among other things, makes it difficult to switch from one ecosystem to another, say from Android smartphone to iPhone . Thankfully, companies such as Meta have developed a way Android users can easily migrate all of their data to a new iPhone without worrying about losing any piece of data.

WhatsApp users can not only transfer their group and individual chats, but also media files, communities, channel, documents and in-app settings from their Android phones to their iPhones. All they need is an Android phone running Android 5 or a newer OS variant and an iPhone running iOS 15.5 or newer version.

Here is a step-by-step guide that will enable Android users to transfer their WhatsApp data to iPhone :

WhatsApp tips: How to transfer chats from Android phone to iPhone

Step 1: First, download the Move to iOS app on the Android smartphone. And then follow the on-screen prompts to set up the app.

Step 2: Next, a code will be displayed on the iPhone . Enter this code on the screen of the Android smartphone.

Step 3: After that, tap the Continue button and follow the prompts on screen .

Step 4: On the screen that follows, select WhatsApp on the Transfer Data screen.

Step 5: Next, tap the Start button on the Android smartphone and then wait for WhatsApp to prepare the data to be exported from Android phone to iPhone .

Step 6: Once the WhatsApp data is ready to be exported, users will be signed out from their Android smartphones.

Step 7: Next, tap the Next button to return to the Move to iOS app on the Android smartphone.

Step 8: Next, tap the Continue button to transfer all the data from Android phone to iPhone and then wait for Move to iOS to confirm that the transfer is complete.

Step 9: Download and install the latest version of WhatsApp on the iPhone from Apple 's App Store.

Step 10: Now open WhatsApp on the iPhone and log in using the same phone number as the Android phone.

Step 11: Tap the Start button.

Step 12: Complete the activation process for the new iPhone and open WhatsApp when the process is complete.