Every Messaging App in One Inbox: What Kanvo Connects, How, and What It Can't Do

WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Teams, Google Chat, Signal, LinkedIn, X and more can land in one Kanvo inbox. There are two very different ways in, and each has limits we would rather you read before you connect anything.

Two ways in

These use each platform's own, official route for businesses and bots: a WhatsApp Business number, a Facebook Page's inbox, an Instagram professional account, a Slack or Discord bot, a Telegram bot, a Microsoft Teams or Google Chat app.

1. Business connections

2. Personal accounts

Your own WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, Messenger, Discord, Slack, Google Messages, LinkedIn and X can connect too. Telegram is coming. Kanvo signs in as you, the way a second device or a desktop app would, so your chats and groups arrive and your replies go out as you.

What you get once they are in

One list. Every connected app sits in the same inbox as Kanvo's own conversations, with the app's logo on each chat and a filter per app.One person, one contact. The same client on WhatsApp and Slack can be saved as one contact. How that works.Screening. Messages from connected apps are scored for spam before they rea…

History

A business connection brings in new messages from the moment it is connected. A personal account also brings the last few messages of each chat. Older history stays where it was. iMessage is the exception in the other direction: you can import its history, read-only. The iMessage guide.

What is not live

SMS on your Kanvo number waits on US carrier registration.Apple Messages for Business waits on Apple's approval.Personal Telegram is built and waits on Telegram's API keys.

The guides

WhatsApp: a Business number or your own accountInstagram DMs and Facebook MessengerSlack, Discord, Microsoft Teams and Google ChatSignal, Google Messages, LinkedIn and XiMessage historyTelegrambitchat location channelsAn AI agent on every messaging app

A note on names

Kanvo is independent. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Meta, WhatsApp, Instagram, Signal, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Google, LinkedIn, X or any other service it connects to; their names are used only to say where a chat came from.

Kanvo Team

Writes here about what Kanvo is building and why — the send path, the evidence it leaves, and the decisions behind both.

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