Instant messaging app WhatsApp has rolled out the chat transfer feature. Through this, users will be able to transfer chat from one device to another by scanning the QR-code.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of META, the parent company of WhatsApp, has informed about this new feature. He wrote, ‘If you want to move your WhatsApp chats to a new phone, now you will be able to share chats from one device to another without uploading them to the cloud.’
How will the QR based chat transfer feature work?
The QR based chat transfer feature of WhatsApp works on a local WiFi connection. WhatsApp says that users can transfer their entire chats and media files without leaving the app.
If you want to move your WhatsApp chats to a new phone, you can now do it more privately without your chats ever leaving your devices.
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How to transfer chat through this feature?
- First of all download WhatsApp in the new phone, as well as turn on WiFi and location in both the phones.
- Now go to Settings > Chats and then Chat transfer on both the phones.
- After this, register in WhatsApp with the same number in the new phone.
- Now the option of QR based chat transfer will appear, through which you will be able to transfer data and media files from one device to another.
When users will not be able to use the QR based chat transfer feature
The QR based chat transfer feature will work only if both the phones run on the same operating system. However, app users can also transfer chats from iPhone to Android device, for which the company has given chat move feature.
Data remains safe by transferring chat through this process
WhatsApp says that transferring data through this feature is more secure than third party apps and cloud. In this process, data is shared only between two devices and the transfer process remains completely encrypted.
