WhatsApp Chat Transfer Feature From iOS to Android Arrives on Pixel Phones, Coming to Android 12 Soon
WhatsApp customers on iOS will now have the ability to switch their chat historical past to extra Android units. Earlier, this characteristic was solely accessible for Samsung Galaxy smartphones and now’s accessible for all Google Pixel smartphones. Google additionally mentions that this characteristic can even turn into accessible for smartphones which can be launched with Android 12 out-of-the-box. Notably, customers would wish a USB Kind-C to Lightning cable for this performance to work. WhatsApp first launched this characteristic with the launch of the Galaxy Z foldable smartphones in August.
Google by means of a weblog publish introduced that extra Android units are getting the brand new WhatsApp chat switch performance. As talked about earlier, customers would wish a USB Kind-C to Lightning cable to switch the chats. Detailing the best way to switch the chats, the search big mentions that after each iOS and Android units are linked, customers would wish to scan a QR code on the iPhone to switch the conversations, media, and extra to the Android system.
The weblog publish additionally mentions that if the iPhone has hassle scanning the QR code, customers would wish to open WhatsApp and head to Settings > Chats > Transfer Chats to Android. Google additionally stated that the person wouldn’t obtain any new messages whereas the chats are being transferred.
As talked about, the WhatsApp chat switch performance was already accessible for Samsung Galaxy smartphones and is now being prolonged to the Google Pixel lineup. Google additionally mentions that this characteristic will turn into accessible for all smartphones that can be launched with Android 12.
Earlier this week, WhatsApp options tracker WABetaInfo reported that WhatsApp Enterprise accounts will quickly be getting a message ranking characteristic. With this, all customers will have the ability to give suggestions to companies by ranking their messages. The scores would vary from one star to 5 stars with 5 being the utmost. Nevertheless, the tracker notes that there isn’t any choice to offer direct suggestions to WhatsApp Enterprise accounts as of now.
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