Bring your existing WhatsApp Business app number — with your chats and contacts
Connecting an existing WhatsApp Business app number now automatically imports its contacts and past chats, with a live panel showing how far along the import is.
When you connect a number that's already running on the WhatsApp Business app, WA.cr now brings across its contacts and past chats automatically — and shows you how the import is going.
What's new
- Connecting an existing WhatsApp Business app number now recognises it and starts a one-time import of its contacts and past message history.
- The channel shows a "WhatsApp app sync" panel with a live progress bar, how long it's been running, a rough estimate of time left, and a note if it's waiting on WhatsApp.
- A regular Cloud API number is left untouched — the import only runs for genuine Business app numbers.
- Messages you keep sending from the phone's app still appear in your shared inbox.