WhatsApp is announcing a batch of features on Thursday that should make it easier to bring your chat history to your next phone, free up storage and manage multiple accounts on an iPhone. There are also several new AI features. The update is currently rolling out, and some features may already be available.
The most helpful announcement, in my opinion, is an updated chat transfer feature that simplifies moving your WhatsApp history from an iPhone to an Android phone. The process will now take place entirely within WhatsApp and won’t require third-party apps or physically connecting an iPhone and an Android device via cable. The transfer will instead happen wirelessly over a local Wi-Fi connection. WhatsApp warns that it could take some time, depending on how much data needs to be transferred.
This should be a much more direct way to move your WhatsApp history between devices. I recently attempted to move my
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