The Data Transfer Tool on Google, the standard tool for copying files from one Android to another or from iOS to Android, is preparing to offer a way to copy backups of WhatsApp chats from your iPhone.
It will be possible to transfer WhatsApp chat backups from iOS to Android directly in the initial configuration
One of the biggest drawbacks of WhatsApp is that you can access messages only on one smartphone at a time. Even with the recently launched multi-device beta, which allows WhatsApp’s web and desktop apps to work while the phone is offline, the limitation to a smartphone is still in place. And there’s no easy way to move chats from one device to another if they’re not both Android or both iOS.
Android has a built-in app for device-to-device transfer called “Data Recovery Tool”, which is used during the Android setup wizard to copy photos, apps and files from one phone to another, including iOS. With its recent launch on the Play Store, the tool has received an update to the version 1.0.382048734, which includes a preview of what will be the copy of the chats and the history of WhatsApp from an iPhone to an Android phone. To find out is 9to5Google, thanks to JBE Decompiler, with whom he decompiled the latest version of the app on the Play Store to read the internal code.
When you get to the new wizard step, the Android data recovery tool will show a QR code, which you will need to scan on your iPhone to enter the future WhatsApp migration settings. As explained elsewhere in the app, those same settings can be reached manually. “Trouble scanning? On your iPhone, open WhatsApp, then go to Settings> Chats> Move Chats to Android ”(“ Problems scanning the code? On your iPhone, open WhatsApp, then go to Settings> Chat> Transfer Chat to Android ”).
Its integration is not far off
The option to transfer WhatsApp chats from iOS to Android probably won’t appear in the data recovery tool until WhatsApp successfully launches the new migration settings. To this end, WABetaInfo has managed to identify transfer options under development, which means we may not have to wait long.
WhatsApp is developing a feature to migrate your chats between different platforms.
This video shows how chats are migrated from iOS. It’s needed a cable: are new tools for PC coming or what?It’ll be available for beta testers in a future update. Follow @WABetaInfo for more 💚 pic.twitter.com/Bu6xGxkpWE
— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) July 2, 2021
It was already interesting to see WhatsApp simplify the transition between Android and iOS, but this direct integration from the Google tool takes things to another level.