WhatsApp Chat Migration May Require a Cable
WhatsApp tipster WABetaInfo managed to go hands-on with the upcoming feature and noticed a warning message on the chat migration screen. The warning reads ‘Don’t disconnect your cable yet’, suggesting that you’ll have to keep your Android and iPhone connected with a cable. Don’t get me wrong, it is highly unlikely that you’ll have to directly connect your Android and iOS devices with a cable. Instead, you might want to connect both of your devices to a PC for the chat migration to take place. The company may either launch a dedicated chat migration companion app for desktop or add the capability to WhatsApp Desktop or Web before launch. WhatsApp requiring users to connect devices to a PC for transferring chats is surely a disappointment, but it’s not entirely a surprise. In fact, third-party solutions that exist now to transfer WhatsApp data from iPhone to Android works in exactly the same way. We hoped WhatsApp would figure out a way to transfer chats wirelessly, but I guess that’s too much to ask for. We’ll be updating you when WhatsApp rolls out the chat transfer feature along with a detailed guide, so stay tuned for updates.
