WhatsApp to allow chat history transfer between Apple iOS, Google Android
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday
announced a new feature that will allow users to take their WhatsApp chat history
with them when they change mobile operating systems.
The company said it will be introducing the ability to move the
entire WhatsApp chat
history -- including voice notes, photos and conversations -- seamlessly and
securely if users choose to switch mobile operating systems.
"We are excited for the first time to make it easy for people
to securely transfer their WhatsApp history from one operating system to
another," Whatsapp Product Manager Sandeep Paruchuri said in a statement.
"This has been one of our most requested features from users
for years and we worked together with operating systems and device
manufacturers to solve it," he added.
The feature will be available to users of both Android and iOS
platforms, which means that people will be able to switch from both Android to iOS and
vice versa.
The company said that it will start to roll out on Android initially,
and on Samsung's newest Galaxy smartphones unveiled on August 11.
To start, users will be able to take their WhatsApp history from
iOS to an Android device and will subsequently be able to do the same on iOS
devices.
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