Many of us change mobile devices quite often, sometimes we go for iOS and others for the Google operating system. But how can we transfer WhatsApp chat history from iPhone to Android? If you are looking for a guide on this topic, you came to the right place.
Transfer WhatsApp chat history from iPhone to Android
For this guide, we are going to use a Galaxy S21 FE and an iPhone 13 Pro Max. Obviously, any combination of devices from both brands will work. The migration tool will move data offline due to the inherent differences in how WhatsApp stores data on Android and iOS, the tool will require both devices to be connected via a cable..
Therefore, we will need both devices to have the latest version of WhatsApp. We're also going to use Samsung Smart Switch, which comes installed by default on all Samsung phones, and a USB-C to Lightning cable to connect the devices.
For the migration tool to work, it is important that we do a factory reset of the Android device. If we just bought the device, it will not be necessary. But if we are using one for a long time, then it will be totally necessary to perform a factory reset..
Keeping in mind that a factory reset deletes all user data. It is best to make a backup if necessary to avoid loss of personal data.
Something else that we must take into account is that the two devices must have, at least, 80% battery. Otherwise, we will receive a warning that the battery charge is insufficient and the transfer will not work..
What we will do here is transfer the data that we have on our iPhone to Android. Apart from calls and messages, photos, videos, audio, documents, contacts and compatible applications are included.
On the Copy applications and data page, we will have to press Next. Now we will be on a page that says “Use Your old device” and we will have to click on “Next”. When we do, Smart Switch will be installed automatically. Now we will have to proceed to connect the USB-C Lightning cable between the iPhone and Android.
We will access the select a source page, here we will have to choose the Apple device and accept to continue. The iPhone should be automatically detected and we will see a Verify your iPhone page.
We go to the iPhone and we will find a dialog asking us if we trust the device. Obviously, we choose Trust and enter the code to continue.
Next, we will be on the screen that allows us to select the data we want to transfer. Here we will have to select All to transfer all the photos, videos, contacts, etc. We press Transfer and it will ask us to log in to the Google account.
After logging in, we will see a message to install apps from the Play Store, we can do this if we want all compatible apps to also be on the Android device. For this we press Install.
Now we will have a QR code that will allow us to transfer all the WhatsApp history from iPhone to Android. We will move on to doing the next part on iPhone.
Once with our iPhone, we start WhatsApp and go to Settings> Chats.
Here we are going to choose Move chats to Android and choose Start for the transfer to begin. We will have to wait for the process to finish before removing the cable.
Once it's done, all we have to do is simply set up our Android device like we usually would and that's it. We will now have all the applications, contacts, photos, videos and WhatsApp Chat history of our iPhone on Android.
