Telegram rolls out WhatsApp chat migration tool for iPhone users

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By Ashish Mitra --
Friday, 29 Jan, 2021

Ever since the outrage against WhatsApp began, Signal has been widely spoken about as an alternative to the Facebook-owned messenger and while Telegram has also been gaining users in this entire ordeal, it is not the preferred messenger during this shift even though it predates Signal.

For the last two weeks, Signal, making use of the traction it has been getting, is making several changes to make it an ideal alternative to WhatsApp but now Telegram has played the trump card for iPhone users allowing migration of chats from WhatsApp.

In its version 7.4 released recently, Telegram has given WhatsApp users having iPhone an unprecedented option to transfer their chat history from WhatsApp to Telegram. While iPhone WhatsApp chats cannot even be transferred to WhatsApp on Android phones, now Telegram has given the iPhone users an option to switch to another platform without even losing important chats.

Ever since WhatsApp announced its updated terms of service and privacy policy, users have in large numbers been switching to other apps but they have not been leaving the Facebook-owned messenger yet for two reasons, one because WhatsApp has delayed the implementation of the updated policy and two, because of possible loss of important conversations.

But now, that problem seems to have been solved by this update from Telegram. Moreover, Telegram has also made provisions for users to migrate their chats from other platforms like Line and KakaoTalk. However, users cannot migrate chats from Signal, because the latter does not give users the options to export their chats.

Migrating chats from WhatsApp to Telegram is fairly easy, but it’s a fairly long g process and can be time consuming because it needs to be done one chat at a time.

Telegram rolls out WhatsApp chat migration tool for iPhone users. Ever since the outrage against WhatsApp began, Signal has been widely spoken about as an alternative to the Facebook-owned messenger and while Telegram has also been gaining users in this entire ordeal, it is not the preferred messenger during this shift even though it predates Signal.

For the last two weeks, Signal, making use of the traction it has been getting, is making several changes to make it an ideal alternative to WhatsApp but now Telegram has played the trump card for iPhone users allowing migration of chats from WhatsApp.

In its version 7.4 released recently, Telegram has given WhatsApp users having iPhone an unprecedented option to transfer their chat history from WhatsApp to Telegram. While iPhone WhatsApp chats cannot even be transferred to WhatsApp on Android phones, now Telegram has given the iPhone users an option to switch to another platform without even losing important chats.

Ever since WhatsApp announced its updated terms of service and privacy policy, users have in large numbers been switching to other apps but they have not been leaving the Facebook-owned messenger yet for two reasons, one because WhatsApp has delayed the implementation of the updated policy and two, because of possible loss of important conversations.

But now, that problem seems to have been solved by this update from Telegram. Moreover, Telegram has also made provisions for users to migrate their chats from other platforms like Line and KakaoTalk. However, users cannot migrate chats from Signal, because the latter does not give users the options to export their chats.

Migrating chats from WhatsApp to Telegram is fairly easy, but it’s a fairly long g process and can be time consuming because it needs to be done one chat at a time.