As new users are hopping on to messaging services to try the variations in the technology services, the freeware cloud-based instant messaging software and application service Telegram has launched a new feature that can import user's chat history from WhatsApp. According to The Verge, users won't lose their chat history while switching on to the new platform. On iOS, the component showed up with version 7.4, released on Thursday (local time) and spotted by 9to5 Mac. Telegram has hence reported that the new feature is likewise accessible for Android. Close by WhatsApp, conversations from Line and KakaoTalk can likewise be imported, as indicated by Telegram's iOS changelog. Whereas, on iOS users can bring chats from WhatsApp into the most recent version (7.4.1) of Telegram and proceed with the conversation, in so far as each WhatsApp user has a Telegram account, reported The Verge. For users escaping from WhatsApp to Telegram, having the option to take their talk narrativ
Telegram lets users import chat history from WhatsApp on iOS and Android
By Masabata Mkwananzi
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Telegram has added a new feature which allows users to import their chat history from WhatsApp, the company announced on their blog post.
The new feature will also allow users to move their individual and group chats from apps like Line and KakaoTalk to Telegram.
The new update comes after Telegram saw a great increase in downloads, as users started migrating to the platform. The company has now over 500 million active users around the world.
The company added that it had over 100 million new users joined in January that were seeking more privacy and freedom. This comes after the controversial WhatsApp new privacy policy saga saw users migrating to Telegram. WhatsApp has since postponed their privacy policy update and ensured users that the company can not listen or read their conversations as they are end-to-end encrypted.
Telegram app can now import chat history from Whatsapp
Nayab KhanLast Updated: Feb 1, 2021
Every social networking app that appears as a competitor to WhatsApp is seeking to make the most of this opportunity after the WhatsApp privacy policy fiasco and is adding new features to snatch users from the famous app. WhatsApp’s two competitors, Telegram app and Signal, have gained the most from this situation.
Subsequently, the company revealed the feature is also available for Android. As per Telegram’s iOS Update, chat history from Line and KakaoTalk can also be imported through WhatsApp. “We have checked that you can import WhatsApp chats into the new version of Telegram on iOS and continue the chat as long as there is a Telegram account for each WhatsApp user”, said Telegram official.
| UPDATED: 09:05, Thu, Feb 4, 2021
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If you haven’t been paying attention, there have been some pretty dramatic shifts in the chat app landscape. Millions of WhatsApp users have fled the messaging service following the publication of a new privacy policy (which users need to agree to if they want to keep using the app) which many interpreted as a sign that parent firm Facebook was looking to siphon more data from text messages.