WhatsApp immediately introduced a brand new and faster to switch chat out of your previous cellphone to a brand new cellphone by a QR-code-based methodology.
The corporate stated that customers migrating to a different cellphone with the identical working system will be capable to switch WhatsApp information utilizing a neighborhood Wi-Fi connection.
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To switch your chat historical past, be sure each units are turned on and linked to the identical Wi-Fi community.
Then, open WhatsApp on the previous gadget and go to Settings > Chats > Chat switch.
On completion of this step, you will notice a QR code.
Scan the QR code from the brand new cellphone to finish the switch course of.
The corporate stated this methodology is safer than third-party options as the information is encrypted and solely shared between the 2 units over your native community.
Till now, WhatsApp relied on cloud backups to switch information from one gadget to a different gadget that runs the identical working system — iOS or Android. That is the primary time the corporate is introducing a neighborhood switch methodology for such migration.
WhatsApp already helps iOS to Android and Android to iOS migration. Nevertheless, each strategies are barely extra difficult than scanning a QR code.
The chat app additionally has a multi-device function for a single account. This manner, you’ll be able to sync messages despatched and obtained with a single cellphone quantity on numerous units. In April, the corporate up to date the function to assist a number of telephones.