Telegram updates app to allow chat history migration amid WhatsApp exodus

New Delhi: Telegram has added a performance to import particular person and group chat history from WhatsApp and different messaging apps, the end-to-end encrypted messaging service mentioned in a blogpost on Thursday.

Over 100 million new customers joined Telegram in January, after WhatsApp introduced adjustments to its privateness coverage to share intensive consumer metadata and enterprise conversations with its guardian Facebook Inc.

To transfer a chat from WhatsApp on iOS, open the Contact Info or Group Info web page in WhatsApp, faucet Export Chat, then select Telegram within the Share menu. On Android, open a WhatsApp chat, faucet ⋮ > More > Export Chat, then select Telegram within the Share menu.

Messages can be imported into the present day however can even embrace their authentic timestamps. All members of the chat on Telegram will see the messages.

“The best part is that the messages and media you move don’t need to occupy extra space,” Telegram mentioned within the blogpost. “Older apps make you store all data on your device but Telegram can take up virtually no space while letting you access all your messages, photos and videos anytime you need them.”

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Telegram customers can’t solely export their chats, but in addition delete messages they ship and obtain for each side—with no hint. The newest replace additionally permits customers to completely delete their secret chats, consumer teams and name history.

“Telegram servers don’t store information about deleted chats and call logs, so the data will disappear completely, forever,” the blogpost mentioned.