New Delhi: WhatsApp rolled out a secure and faster way to transfer chats from your old phone to your new phone via a QR code-based method on the same operating system. For the first time, users can preserve their complete chat and media history without having to exit the app.
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“More secure than using unofficial third-party apps which lack clear privacy practices, and more private than cloud services, the transfer process is authenticated with a QR code, data is only shared between your two devices, and is fully encrypted during transfer,” said Zuckerberg.
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It’s faster than backing up and restoring your chat history and you can now also transfer large media files and attachments, which were usually too large to keep. “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,” Zuckerberg said.
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How To Transfer WhatsApp Chat History Using QR Code
- Make sure you have both devices physically with you when you are ready to transfer chats and connected to Wi-Fi and location enabled.
- On your old phone, go to Settings, then select Chats and Chat transfer.
- Scan the QR code shown on the screen with your new phone to complete the process.
