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WhatsApp Business Adds QR Codes And Catalog Sharing
WhatsApp has announced the rollout of QR codes and catalog sharing for businesses using its WhatsApp Business app. WhatsApp Business now has over 50 million app users, and this number is growing every...
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Facebook Starts Rolling Out Messenger Rooms On WhatsApp
As part of its integration of Messenger Rooms with all of its apps, Facebook is starting to roll out Messenger Rooms on WhatsApp. Since Facebook announced Messenger Rooms earlier this year, the feature...
View ArticleWhatsApp Announces ‘Search The Web’ Feature To Fight Misinformation
WhatsApp is piloting a way for users to double-check forwarded messages by uploading them through their browser – without WhatsApp seeing them. As part of its efforts to fight misinformation on its...
View ArticleHow To Mute A WhatsApp Chat Forever
WhatsApp last week finally announced the ability to mute chat conversations on its app… forever. Many would argue that the best way for anyone to permanently mute a conversation on WhatsApp would be to...
View ArticleWhatsApp Is Now Delivering 100 Billion Messages A Day
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app, is now delivering 100 billion messages a day across the globe. Mark Zuckerberg shared the news during the company’s quarterly earnings call last...
View ArticleWhatsApp Launches New Storage Management Tool
WhatsApp is updating its storage management tool, allowing you to easily find and delete files that are clogging up your phone storage. WhatsApp has had a “Storage Usage” tool for some time, but all it...
View ArticleWhatsApp Rolls Out New Disappearing Messages Feature
UPDATE: WhatsApp announced the rollout of this feature on November 5, 2020. WhatsApp is rolling out a new disappearing messages feature that users can turn on or off in their chats. According to...
View ArticleWhatsApp Rolls Out Payments Feature In India
WhatsApp announced it’s rolling out payments in India, making it possible for users to send money through its platform. After rolling out the feature in Brazil earlier this year, WhatsApp is now...
View ArticleWhatsApp Is Rolling Out Its Shopping Button Globally
The new shopping button on WhatsApp makes it easier for you to browse a brand’s catalogs of goods and services. Last month, WhatsApp announced it would increase its investment in three key business...
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With Carts WhatsApp Is Now A True E-Commerce Platform
WhatsApp Carts let potential customers of businesses on its platform browse catalogs, choose items, and check out via a single message. WhatsApp Carts was introduced globally on Tuesday. Related |...
View ArticleWhatsApp Set To Offer Health Insurance And Pension Products In India
WhatsApp is expected to move into a range of services in India within 2021 – including health insurance and pension products. According to the head of WhatsApp India, Abhijit Bose, the messaging...
View ArticleWhatsApp Now Forces You To Share Your Information With Facebook
As part of a recent privacy policy update, WhatsApp is now asking users to share information with other Facebook companies to continue to use its app. Back in 2014, when Facebook acquired WhatsApp, the...
View ArticleWhatsApp Is Giving Users Until May 15 To Accept Its New Data Sharing Policy
WhatsApp is giving users more time to think about accepting a new data sharing policy that would see their data shared with Facebook. In a blog post last Friday, WhatsApp addressed its “recent update,”...
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WhatsApp Is Adding Biometric Authentication To Its Desktop App
After bringing Face ID to its mobile app in 2019, WhatsApp is now introducing biometric authentication to its web or desktop version. Up until now, in order to link your WhatsApp user account to the...
View ArticleTelegram Now Lets You Move Your Chat History From Other Apps
Here’s how to move your chat history from WhatsApp and other apps to your new Telegram account. Over 100 million users joined Telegram in January, “seeking more privacy and freedom,” moving from other...
View ArticleWhatsApp Adds 1-To-1 Voice And Video Calls To Desktop
WhatsApp is adding a 1-to-1 voice and video call feature to WhatsApp on desktop. Group calls could follow soon. Just like on the mobile app, voice and video calls from WhatsApp desktop will be...
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WhatsApp Is Working On New Self-Destructing Images Feature
After launching disappearing messages last year, WhatsApp is now working on images that self-destruct when you leave a chat. In November, WhatsApp started rolling out a new disappearing messages...
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WhatsApp Is Working On Messages That Disappear After 24 Hours
According to reports, WhatsApp is now working on a new feature that lets you send messages that disappear automatically after 24 hours. Last year, WhatsApp launched a new feature that lets you send...
View ArticleWhatsApp Photos And Videos In Chats Will No Longer Be Cropped
WhatsApp photos and videos will now be shown in full in message threads thanks to a small but useful update to the WhatsApp app. One of the gripes we all have with social platforms is the way that they...
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WhatsApp Will Not Delete Your Account If You Do Not Accept Its New Privacy...
WhatsApp won’t delete accounts if users don’t accept its new privacy policy. It will, instead, gradually limit the app’s functionality. Earlier this year, WhatsApp announced a new privacy policy that...
View ArticleWhatsApp Won’t Limit App Functionality If You Don’t Accept Its New Privacy...
WhatsApp now says it won’t limit app functionality if you decide not to accept its controversial new privacy policy. Earlier this year, WhatsApp announced a new privacy policy that caused quite the...
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WhatsApp Rolls Out A Spanish-Language Vaccine Finder In The US
The WhatsApp Vaccine Finder is part of the “National Month of Action” initiative to get 70% of Americans at least one shot by July 4. The vaccine finder from the Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleWhatsApp Tests Access Through Multiple Devices
WhatsApp is rolling out a limited public beta test allowing support for multiple devices without the need of having a smartphone nearby. One of the most-requested features on WhatsApp is the ability to...
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WhatsApp Now Lets You Join Group Calls That Are Already In Progress
WhatsApp is introducing a new feature that lets users join group calls, audio and video, even after they have already started. Forget FOMO. Related | WhatsApp Tests Access Through Multiple Devices If...
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WhatsApp Rolls Out ‘View Once’ For Photos And Videos
WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature called ‘View Once’ that lets users set photos and videos to disappear from chats once they are viewed. “While taking photos or videos on our phones has become such...
View ArticleWhatsApp Developing Way To Transfer Your Chat History From iOS To Android
According to reports, WhatsApp is developing a way to let you transfer your chat history between operating systems and phone numbers. Until now, WhatsApp has allowed users to transfer backed-up...
View ArticleHow To Transfer Your WhatsApp Chat History To Your New Samsung Phone
WhatsApp has announced that your entire chat history can now be seamlessly transferred between operating systems without losing encryption. At Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event last week, WhatsApp...
View ArticleWhatsApp Launches Public Beta For Its Desktop App
WhatsApp is offering access to a new beta version of its desktop app to let you experiment with new features. Weeks after launching multi-device access on its beta app, WhatsApp is now releasing a new...
View ArticleWhatsApp Will Soon Let You Hide Your Online Status From Some Contacts
WhatsApp will soon let users choose to hide their “last seen” timestamp from some specific contacts at a time. Just like many other messaging apps, WhatsApp lets users see their latest activity on the...
View ArticleWhatsApp Starts Testing An In-App Local Business Directory
WhatsApp is piloting a new feature that lists small local businesses in a directory searchable by users looking for local shops and services. In a Tweet last week, head of WhatsApp, Will Cathcart,...
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WhatsApp Brings End-to-End Encryption To Backups
Five years after WhatsApp made end-to-end encrypted default, the platform is extending its privacy setting to chat backups. WhatsApp’s default-on End-to-end encryption ensures that the 100 billion...
View ArticleYou Can Now Migrate Your WhatsApp Chats From iOS To Your Pixel Phone
Google announced that you can now easily migrate your WhatsApp chats from iOS to your Pixel and Android 12 smartphones. Google last week announced that it is making it possible to migrate WhatsApp’s...
View ArticleWhatsApp Is Offering Cashback For UPI Payments In India
WhatsApp is reportedly offering users a cashback promotion to start making person-to-person payments on WhatsApp Pay. Person-to-person payment is a feature that WhatsApp first introduced in India last...
View ArticleWhatsApp Will Give You A Lot More Time To ‘Delete For Everyone’
WhatsApp is working on significantly increasing the maximum time limit to delete a message for everyone in a chat. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is working on significantly increasing the time it...
View ArticleWhatsApp Now Lets You Link Up To Four Devices To One Account
WhatsApp will now let users link up to four iOS or Android devices to one account without compromising privacy. A number of WhatsApp beta users have reported that the app is rolling out multi-device...
View ArticleWhatsApp Building Mac Catalyst App For iPadOS And MacOS
The Meta-owned messaging platform is reportedly working on a new app for iPadOS And MacOS using Mac Catalyst. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is developing an app for iPadOS, one for macOS as well....
View ArticleWhatsApp Starts Letting Users Create Custom Stickers
Last week, WhatsApp beta users spotted a new feature that lets them create custom stickers on WhatsApp desktop. As reported by Android Authority, a new feature permitting the creation of stickers on...
View ArticleSpotify Is Testing ‘Discover,’ A New TikTok-like Video Feed
Spotify is reportedly introducing a TikTok-like vertical video feed with music videos songs in a new dedicated Discovery tab. Spotify is the latest platform to experiment with a TikTok-style vertical...
View ArticleWhatsApp Starts Testing Cryptocurrency Payments In The US
Whatsapp has launched a pilot program to test the ability to send and receive instant payments with a simple chat message. WhatsApp has launched a cryptocurrency payment feature for a small number of...
View ArticleWhatsApp Will Automatically Hide Your Online Status From Strangers
WhatsApp is becoming more private by showing your online status only to your existing contacts, or those you’ve chatted with before. WhatsApp is working toward expanding its user privacy by hiding...
View ArticleWhatsApp May Soon Be Rolling Out Its Android To iOS Migration Feature
Α new feature allowing users to migrate chats from Android to iOS has been spotted on both OS updates for the beta app. According to a new report from Android Central, WhatsApp may soon be rolling out...
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NBA Star Antetokounmpo Becomes WhatsApp’s First Global Partner
WhatsApp announced its first global brand partnership with Milwaukee Bucks forward and 2021 NBA All-Star MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo marked a new...
View ArticleWhatsApp May Soon Limit Message Forwarding To One Chat At A Time
A change spotted in WhatsApp beta limits the sharing of regular messages (not just frequently forwarded ones) with multiple chats. For some time now, WhatsApp has been testing various measures to limit...
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How To Use The Giannis & Family Sticker Pack On WhatsApp
WhatsApp has released an in-app sticker pack inspired by Antetokounmpo called “Giannis & Family.” Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo became WhatsApp’s first global brand partner pack...
View ArticleWhatsApp Introduces 3D Avatars
3D Avatars are now finally available on WhatsApp, months after their debut on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. WhatsApp 3D Avatars can be used as profile photos or custom stickers. Related | Discord...
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WhatsApp Finally Has An App For Your Android Smartwatch
WhatsApp has released an official Wear OS app. Now you can send WhatsApp text or voice messages directly from your Android Smartwatch. Previously users could only respond to WhatsApp notifications....
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WhatsApp Adds New “Chat Lock” For More Private Conversations
WhatsApp is making conversations even more private with a new “Chat Lock” feature, placing conversations in a protected folder. The new “Chat Lock” feature will move conversations in a password- or...
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WhatsApp Now Lets You Edit Messages Within 15 Minutes Of Sending
WhatsApp announced today it will finally let users edit messages, one of the most anticipated features. You will have 15 minutes, after sending a message, to modify it. Related | WhatsApp Adds New...
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WhatsApp Plans To Introduce Usernames
WhatsApp could soon introduce usernames and move away from using phone numbers as the core identifier for users. Your phone number has always been at the core of the WhatsApp experience, from creating...
View ArticleWhatsApp Can Now Screen Out Calls From Unknown Numbers
WhatsApp has released a new feature that can automatically mute incoming calls from unknown numbers, to help screen out ‘spam, scams, and calls from unknown people.’ If you are among the very few...
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