WhatsApp is analyzing the possibility of chat history transfer between iOS and android.
"Shifting the messages between iPhone and Android phones has not yet been possible in messaging apps like WhatsApp."
WhatsApp begins testing the ease of chat history transfer between iOS and Android devices.
According to a 9To5Google report, this feature is part of a strategic change in WhatsApp.
Shifting the messages between iPhone and Android phones has not yet been possible in messaging apps like WhatsApp.
The company had been exploring the possibility of using WhatsApp on multiple devices at the same time and the ability to transfer the chat history between iOS and Android.
There are some apps that claim to be able to transfer the Whatsapp chat history amongst iOS and Android.
But none of them have been officially acknowledged by the Facebook-owned enterprise.
They have been working to improve several features in the app and it is starting to look like the next update may allow users to make the switch.
The users have requested for a while to be able to use the same Whatsapp account on multiple devices.
WhatsApp now has more than 1.5 billion monthly active users who are exchanging nearly 60 billion messages every day.
On February 19, 2014, Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion, its largest acquisition to date.