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| Telegram makes it easy to import chats from WhatsApp |
The telegram platform provides the possibility to import chats from WhatsApp. So if you want to change your messaging service, you won't lose any previous conversations.
In iOS, the functionality is being delivered with version 7.4, but it doesn't look like the update has arrived on Android.
Although the platform has not officially announced a new migration tool, some users can still access it through the latest version of the app.
Besides WhatsApp, you can also import chats from Line and KakaoTalk based on Telegram's changelog.
For users switching from WhatsApp to Telegram, being able to forward chat with them means removing barriers to sending.
The import process applies to personal and group WhatsApp chats
To import a chat from WhatsApp, open the relevant chat and tap on the group or contact name to open its information screen.
The "Export chat" option opens the iOS sharing page. You will see the option "Select Telegram" and then simply "Telegram Chat" where the messages will be imported.
Imported messages are provided with a small 'Imported' label indicating the original date of transmission and the time they were brought to the telegram. All chat participants can see the message.
You can import WhatsApp chat history with or without pictures. Imported messages appear in the order they were imported, not the order they were originally sent.
Telegram's support for imported chats complements other improvements to the messaging service, for example B. The ability to adjust the size of the participants in individual voice chats or distinguish groups or fake channels in order to impersonate other or known organizations.
This feature was added when Telegram reported an increase in user numbers as the service now has more than 500 million active users worldwide.
Telegram is taking advantage of the recent backlash against WhatsApp as it has gained hundreds of thousands of users in the past two weeks and it doesn't look like its growth will stop anytime soon.
To attract more WhatsApp users, the platform has added new features.
The reason appears to be the new WhatsApp Privacy Policy, which raises privacy concerns for the Facebook messaging app.
WhatsApp has postponed rolling out the new relapse mitigation policy, insisting it does not harm the security of customer conversations or personal information.