Unsupported features

The following features are not supported by Unipile and are outside the scope of this guide:

Lists

  • Unipile does not indicate which list a chat belongs to.
  • Managing chat lists is not supported.

Channels, Communities & Broadcasts

  • These chat types are not listed by Unipile.
  • Managing them is not supported.

Group Chat Updates

  • Updating the picture, description, or permissions of a group chat is not supported.

Chat Theme

  • Changing or retrieving a chat’s theme is not supported.

Secret Chat & Self Destruct

  • Unipile does not indicate if a chat is a secret chat.
  • Unipile does not indicate if a message is set to disappear after a certain time or be viewed only once.
  • Settup a Self-Destruct Timer is not supported

Contact, Location, Poll & Event Attachments

  • Messages containing these attachment types are returned as empty messages.
  • Sending these attachments is not supported.

Specific message deletion operations

  • You can delete a message for everyone, but delete a message for yourself is not supported.
  • Delete a message from another user as a group admin is not supported.

Group members management

  • You can add members directly but not send invites via link or QR code.
  • As admin, approving new members is not supported.
  • Making members group admin or dismissing as admin is not supported.
  • Unipile does not provide a way to list Past members.

Delete a chat

  • You can exit a chat but not delete it with Unipile.

Archive a chat

  • You can see if a chat is archived but not archive it with Unipile.

Voice & Video calls

  • You cannot start voice & video calls
  • You can receive notifications of incoming calls, but you cannot hang up