Whatsapp is an internationally accessible freeware, cross-platform centralized instant messaging and voice-over-IP service owned by Meta (formerly known as Facebook). It enables users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content. WhatsApp’s client application runs on mobile devices but is also accessible from desktop computers. Provided that the user’s mobile device remains connected to the Internet while they are using the desktop app. This article explains how to restore WhatsApp backup from Android to iPhone.
What is a WhatsApp backup?
These days, it has become useful to transfer all needed data to a new device. You do not have to be bothered about the process. That is because everything happens automatically. All you have to do is enable the necessary settings. And then the system will do the rest for you. WhatsApp messages and chat data are some of those things that you do not wish to lose when you buy a new smartphone.
A backup exists in order to recover data in case you lose your device or it is seriously damaged beyond proper usage. For instance, imagine you crashed your smartphone with all your correspondence and bought a new one. Just run the recovery process and everything will be transferred to your new device. By default, a WhatsApp backup is created once a day at 2 a.m (The frequency of backups can be changed to weekly or monthly based on user preferences). When restored, all the same chats that were there at that time will appear. Only what was after will not be restored, provided you have not backed up yourself. Backups are stored on the device or on a memory card. It all depends on where you installed the app.
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How to restore WhatsApp backup from Android to iPhone
Apple and Android smartphones use different operating systems. This means Android data backed up to Google Drive is incompatible with Apple data backed up to iCloud. To restore WhatsApp data from Android to iPhone, one needs a third-party tool.
AnyTrans is a professional data transfer and backup tool, which allows you to transfer data from an Android device to an Apple device, including WhatsApp data. And, it provides you to transfer WhatsApp without Android backup, or you can choose to transfer from Android to iPhone by restoring WhatsApp from Google Drive backup. What’s more, it enables you to back up all WhatsApp data safely and quickly. AnyTrans is recommended by our users and proves to be quite labor-saving to move WhatsApp from Android/iPhone to iPhone
Follow these steps to restore Whatsapp backup from Android to iPhone:
- Firstly: Download the AnyTrans Software on your computer. Connect your Android and iPhone to the computer via USB cables. Click on the “Social Messages Manager” mode.
- Secondly: Click on WhatsApp to Device > Then tap on the “Transfer Now” option to proceed to the next step
- Thirdly: Select your Android to be the source phone and your new iPhone to be the target phone > Click on the “Next” button to transfer WhatsApp messages to your new iPhone.
- Fourthly: Then follow the pop-up instructions in AnyTrans to continue: Backup your WhatsApp on your Android > Install the enhanced version WhatsApp on your Android > Allow access to the Phone Storage in WhatsApp.
- Then: Log in to your WhatsApp on your Android and Tap the Restore button (this will restore the backup you just made to the current enhanced version of WhatsApp) > Then click Next in AnyTrans.
- And lastly: AnyTrans will start to transfer WhatsApp data to your iPhone.
That is how you can restore WhatsApp backup from Android to iPhone