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    Chat Network History Import

    Which chat networks does Beeper import message history for?

    Are messages imported into Beeper? Initial Length of history imported Notes
    WhatsApp Yes 1 year for all chats Sometimes up to 3 years
    Instagram

    Yes, for normal chats

    No, for end-to-end encrypted chats

    20 most recent conversations, 100 messages each

    Outside of the 20 most recent chats, once a new message is sent or received in a chat, the history import process is queued.

    All chats continue to import history sequentially in a queue, 100 messages at a time until fully imported.

    Twitter Yes

    On-device Connection: 20 most recent conversations

    Beeper Cloud: All history

    Google Chat No
    Linkedin No
    Facebook Messenger

    Yes, for normal chats

    No, for end-to-end encrypted chats

    20 most recent conversations, 100 messages each

    Outside of the 20 most recent chats, once a new message is sent or received in a chat, the history import process is queued.

    All chats continue to import history sequentially in a queue, 100 messages at a time until fully imported.

    Signal Yes All history You must select import all history during Signal's link a device setup.
    Telegram Yes All of the history in DMs and minigroups, 1000 messages in supergroups, 100 messages in channels Chats with over 10K members are not supported.
    Discord Yes 5 most recent DMs, 50 messages in DMs, none in channels
    Slack Yes All of the history in DMs (both 1:1 and group), 1000 messages in channels
    Google Messages Yes 25 most recent conversations, 50 messages in each conversation
    Google Voice Yes 20 most recent conversations, and most recent messages in chat
    iMessage (macOS only) Yes All history
    No matching networks.

     

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