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Telegram is still facing an influx of WhatsApp users upset over a new privacy policy and making sure those converts feel more at home. WABetaInfo noticed that the latest version of Telegram for iOS (Android users had to wait at the time of this writing – see update below) adds a tool to import your chat history from apps from competing messaging, including WhatsApp as well as Line and KakaoTalk. You just need to export a conversation from WhatsApp, choose Telegram from the iOS share sheet and choose where to import the messages.
The import includes media if you have chosen to save that content and all converted messages are tagged as “imported”.
The addition comes just weeks after WhatsApp unveiled a surprise policy change allowing the service to share information with parent company Facebook. WhatsApp was quick to reassure users that Facebook would not read their messages, but by then the damage was already done. Millions of WhatsApp users have left for competing services including Telegram and Signal.
Update 1:28 PM ET: After the post, Telegram released full details of moving chat history from WhatsApp and other apps. It is available for iOS and Android, so this article has been edited to reflect this information.
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