Abstract: In various examples there is an electronic device having a content item state retrieval system. There is a chat interface executing at the electronic device and a processor which monitors states of at least one content item associated with the electronic device in relation to chat messages at the chat interface. A logging component logs associations between at least some of the content item states and the chat messages based on the times at which the chat messages were created; and a user interface has selectable elements representing the chat messages. When an element is selected by a user it triggers retrieval of an associated state of a content item based on the logged associations.