Telegram can now import your WhatsApp chat history on iOS
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Telegram has added the ability to import your chat history from WhatsApp, meaning you won't lose past conversations if you want to switch messaging services. On iOS the feature arrived with version 7.4, released yesterday and spotted by 9to5Mac, but the update doesn't appear to be live yet on Android. Alongside WhatsApp, chat histories from Line and KakaoTalk can also be imported, according to Telegram's changelog. We've verified that you can import chats from WhatsApp into the latest version (7.4.1) of Telegram and continue the conversation, so long as each WhatsApp user has a Telegram account.
The addition of the feature comes as Telegram is reporting huge increases in user numbers, with the service now boasting over 500 million active...