Transfer Whatsapp Chats from Android to iOS

[p51mustang]

Seems the rollout to transfer between Android and iOS is coming pretty soon.

WhatsApp rolls out new tool to migrate chat history between iOS and Android

WhatsApp is finally bringing the ability to transfer your chat history between platforms, letting you switch your WhatsApp account from iOS and Android and vice versa.

www.androidcentral.com

 

[milomak]

the one thing about this when you follow the instructions - https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/chats/can't-migrate-chat-history-from-iphone-to-a-samsung-device

exclude whatsapp when you do the switch when you setup the phone initially

then run smart switch again when whatsapp is the only app left that wasn't migrated and follow the instructions. the onscreen instructions on the phone (samsung) are much clearer when you get to that point.

 

[Psypher86]

I recently made a switch from Android to iOS (from Galaxy S9 to iPhone 11 Pro Max) so I guess I can provide some insight about the whole thing works. There is not native way to transfer WhatsApp from Android to iPhone. Google mostly shows results of websites offering paid tools.

I found this tutorial where they have mentioned about a open-source software (free) that can transfer WhatsApp messages from Android to iPhone: https://www.iphone-to-pc.com/transfer-whatsapp-chat-messages-from-android-to-iphone.html (check method number 2). Now the catch is that it is only available for the Mac users, and looks pretty complicated to use if you are not familiar with X Code and all. Here is the link to the open-source project they are referring to: https://github.com/residentsummer/watoi

Currently, I don't have Mac so I couldn't try it. I end up using the software they mentioned in the method 1 of this same tutorial (https://www.iphone-to-pc.com/transfer-whatsapp-chat-messages-from-android-to-iphone.html). It did transfer my 10000+ messages and media (some media files on my iPhone looks blurry) to my new iPhone. Not free but still the cheapest option out there. Hope this will help those looking to transfer their whatsapp chats from android to iPhone!

Bookmarked this last night and will try it out now. I actually went through the trouble of buying an iMac to try this out. Will be terribly disappointed if it does not work.

 

[ChrisThomas]

I used an app called wutsapper - it was £10 but it worked great for me