Twitter will soon give you access to your entire DM history via the iOS and Android apps

With more and more people using Twitter’s DM (Direct Messages) feature as a chat service, the company is working to upgrade the experience.

Today Twitter sent a tweet that should give users of its iOS and Android apps something to DM about:

We’re also making an update to the Twitter iPhone and Android apps that will allow you to access your entire DM history.

— Twitter Support (@Support) July 18, 2014

Access to your entire history is a great way to keep track of what you’ve said to friends and family without having to launch the social network’s site on your computer.

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The company also tweeted that it was rolling out updates to make deleting DMs “more consistent across web and mobile.” In the tweet it linked to a support page about deleting and posting DMs. The page notes that the company is working on “back-end elements” of its messaging system.

While a new messaging app seems to appear everyday, Twitter is in a unique position with DMs. It already has a large user base and a messaging feature. Today’s announcement could be the start of making that feature more robust to compete with the latest chatting apps.