Why bring the chat over at all
When a conversation is going wrong, the hardest part to explain is what was actually said. Paraphrasing it to an AI loses the tone, the timing and the bit you skipped because it made you look bad. The chat itself has all of that.
Unium can read a WhatsApp chat you export and help you with it: what the other person seems to be asking for, where it turned, what you might say next. It works the same for a group chat that has got tense, or a family thread about a decision nobody wants to make.
On iPhone
- Open the chat in WhatsApp and tap the contact or group name at the top.
- Scroll down and tap Export chat.
- Choose Without media. Unium only reads the text, so photos and voice notes just make the export slower.
- In the share sheet, tap Unium. If you do not see it, swipe to the end of the row of apps and tap More.
- Unium opens and asks where the chat goes.
On Android
- Open the chat in WhatsApp and tap the three-dot menu, then More, then Export chat.
- Choose Without media.
- Pick Unium in the share sheet.
- Unium opens and asks where the chat goes.
Choosing where it goes
You can send the export to a new chat, a new private chat, or one of your recent chats. The chat opens with the export attached in the message box, not yet sent, so you can add what you want help with first. Something like "Help me understand why this conversation went wrong, and what I could say now" is plenty.
A WhatsApp chat holds other people's words as well as yours. If you share chats with your partner or family on your Unium account, a new private chat is usually the right home for it. Only you and Unium see a private chat.
Long chats
A chat that has been going for years can have tens of thousands of messages. Unium keeps the most recent 1,000, and fewer when the messages are long. That is deliberate: the assistant re-reads an attached chat every time it replies, so the whole history would use up your plan's allowance in a handful of messages, and the last few weeks are almost always what matters.
When a chat is longer than that, Unium tells you how many messages it has before importing anything, and you choose Import last 1,000 messages or Cancel. The import starts with a short note saying how many messages were left out, so the assistant knows it is reading the end of a longer conversation. If you need something from further back, copy that part in WhatsApp and paste it into your message.
Bringing a ChatGPT conversation instead
The same works for ChatGPT. In ChatGPT, share the conversation to create a link, then pick Unium in the share sheet. The link lands in the message box, and Unium reads the conversation when you send it, so you can carry on where you left off, or bring your partner into it. Any other link you share to Unium is read the same way.
Photos, PDFs and other files
The share sheet works for more than chats. Screenshots of a conversation, a photo, a PDF such as a letter or a contract, or a text file can all be shared to Unium the same way, up to ten at a time, and land in the chat you pick, ready for your question. Videos and Word documents can't be read yet; save a document as a PDF first.
On a computer
Export the chat on your phone and send the file to yourself, then attach it in Unium with the attach button. The zip from an iPhone can be attached as it is. A long chat gets the same choice as on the phone: Unium tells you how many messages it has and attaches the most recent ones only if you say so.
If something feels unsafe
If a conversation you are bringing over involves threats, violence or someone at risk, an AI chat is not the right first step. Find support near you at findahelpline.com, and call your local emergency number if anyone is in immediate danger.