WhatsApp introduced a characteristic on Friday to make it simpler to switch chat historical past through a QR code. This solely works on the identical working system.
Transferring WhatsApp chat historical past between two smartphones shouldn’t be at all times straightforward. In case you made a backup through Google Drive or iCloud, this goes comparatively easily. Nonetheless, information saved on the servers of the expertise giants shouldn’t be encrypted. Moreover, backups take up plenty of house in your iCloud account. Nonetheless, the shoe actually begins to wring when it’s a must to switch conversations between gadgets with totally different Google or iCloud accounts, which isn’t doable with such backups. Or, no less than, that was not doable.
Switch with a QR code
Meta introduced on Friday the choice to switch chat historical past through a QR code. In case you select that methodology, your chat historical past can be transferred through an area connection. Google and Apple are thus sidelined. When transferring, the outdated machine solely must scan a QR code from the display of the brand new cellphone. Then a wi-fi connection is ready up between the gadgets to switch the chat historical past.
In keeping with Meta, customers do not have to fret concerning the safety of their conversations. The recordsdata are despatched encrypted. Additionally, no WhatsApp servers are concerned within the switch; the chat historical past is transferred domestically. After the switch, you undergo the common setup process of the chat service on the brand new machine.
OS-bound switch
At the moment, the operate solely works between gadgets with the identical working system. So Meta leaves you no change chat historical past between Android and iOS, or vice versa. Nonetheless, the gadgets could run on different variations of the working programs. It’s subsequently protected to say that the outdated machine runs Android 10, whereas the brand new smartphone comes with Android 13.
Rollout for beta customers
Not everybody has direct entry to the brand new switch choice. In keeping with WhatsApp, the choice is at present being examined on each Android and iOS. In the meanwhile, solely beta customers can use the brand new choice. Normally it takes just a few days or perhaps weeks earlier than everybody can take pleasure in it. So you should definitely regulate the Play Retailer and App Retailer for WhatsApp updates.
