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Chat Network 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 All history  
Google Chat No (1 message per chat)  
Linkedin No (1 message per chat)  
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  

 

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