WhatsApp Will Soon Let You Transfer Chats to a Different Phone Number
May. 21, 2021WhatsApp recently started working on a new feature to easilytransfer chats between Android and iOS. While WhatsApp has not started rolling out chat migration just yet, reliable tipster WABetaInfo hasspottedanother change that will make it possible for users tomigrate chats to a new phone number.
As you can see in the image below, WhatsApp is looking toadd a new ‘Transfer to a different phone number?’ optionin the chat migration screen. The best part is that this transfer includes both chat history and media. However, asWABetaInfonotes, you won’t be able to migrate chats at any time. Thechat migration flow shows up only when you link a new phoneto your WhatsApp account.Image: WABetaInfo
WhatsApp has not started rolling out chat history migration on Android and iOS just yet, even on beta. For now, we will have to wait until the Facebook-owned company finalizes the chat migration feature and first starts rolling it out to beta users. We will update you when it happens along with a guide to follow along, so stay tuned for that.
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