# WhatsApp Gains the Ability To Transfer Chat History Between iOS and Android **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Articles\ **Tags:** programming, freebies, technology, social-media\ **Created:** [August 11, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/whatsapp-gains-the-ability-to-transfer-chat-history-between-ios-and-android/197318 "2021-08-11T22:55:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prometheus](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/prometheus/32/34950_2.png) [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/whatsapp-gains-the-ability-to-transfer-chat-history-between-ios-and-android/197318/1 "2021-08-11T22:55:26Z")
[![](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Cross-Platform-Switch_UI-1.png) ](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Cross-Platform-Switch_UI-1.png) WhatsApp users will finally be able to [move their entire chat history between mobile operating systems](https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/11/whatsapp-gains-the-ability-to-transfer-chat-history-between-mobile-operating-systems/) – something that’s been one of users’ biggest requests to date. From a report: _The company today introduced a feature that will soon become available to users of both iOS and Android devices, allowing them to move their WhatsApp voice notes, photos, and conversations securely between devices when they switch between mobile operating systems._ _The feature WhatsApp introduced today works with Samsung devices and Samsung’s own transfer tool, known as Smart Switch. Today, Smart Switch helps users transfer contacts, photos, music, messages, notes, calendars, and more to Samsung Galaxy devices. Now, it will transfer WhatsApp chat history, too. WhatsApp showed off the new tool at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event, and announced Samsung’s newest Galaxy foldable devices would get the feature first in the weeks to come. The feature will later roll out to Android more broadly. WhatsApp didn’t say when iOS users would gain access._