Chat and App Data

Photos are easy to back up. Chat histories are not, which is why they are exactly the data people lose. A new phone arrives and years of conversations stay behind on the old one.

Chat History Stays in Someone Else’s Hands

WhatsApp keeps everything on your phone. Change devices without a working backup and the conversations are gone. Cloud services hold your data on their terms, and exporting it is rarely simple.

Your ZimaOS device changes this. It runs around the clock at home, it has the storage, and it answers to you.

Bring Chat and App Data Home

AI agent apps from the App Store can pull data out of chat and SaaS services and store it on your own device. Set one up once and it keeps collecting:

  • Chat exports from services like WhatsApp
  • Documents and notes from SaaS tools
  • Anything an API or export can reach

Two good starting points:

  • Hermes Agent — an agent that learns from your data and keeps it locally
  • OpenClaw — a 24/7 agent you can talk to through Telegram

Once the data lives on your NAS, it gets the same protection as everything else. Pair it with the 3-2-1 Backup Strategy and the conversations you cared enough to save stay saved.

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