Transferring WhatsApp chats from Android to iPhone may soon be possible

WhatsApp is developing a new feature that will allow users to import their WhatsApp chat history when switching from an Android phone to an iPhone. WABetaInfo discovered this option in a beta version of the WhatsApp iOS app (version 22.2.74) and provided screenshots showing what it might look like if you try to transfer your WhatsApp chats from Android to iOS.

As shown in the screenshots, the user will need to authorize the app in order to import their chats to their iPhone. The images also have a line that reads: “You will not be able to import later if you skip this step”. This means that you may not be able to import your WhatsApp chats later after completing the initial setup of the WhatsApp application on your iPhone. In order to continue your conversations when you switch phones, you may need to import your chats exactly when you first set up your WhatsApp application on your iPhone. Using WhatsApp app alone may not be enough to import your chat history to your iPhone. You may also need to use the Move to iOS app to do this.
WhatsApp’s new feature of importing chats from Android to iOS is currently under development. There might be changes from what we see in this beta. At the moment there is no information about the release date of this new feature.
In 2021, Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp, announced that WhatsApp is planning to create a feature that will allow users to import their chats from Android to iOS and vice versa. WhatsApp has already made it possible to import chats from iOS to Samsung devices and from iOS to Pixel phones and said that it will be possible to import your WhatsApp history from iOS to Android 12 devices in the future .