WhatsApp

    The more control that social media platforms give us over our accounts, the better. For as much data as we hand over when we create said accounts, it's the least the companies can do in return. That's why we were excited to learn that WhatsApp i...

    Three years after Facebook announced its ill-fated push into cryptocurrency, aka the Libra project, the tech giant has signalled another scaling back of its activity — announcing Friday that Novi, the digital wallet payments pilot it launched last O...

    Source: Luke Filipowicz/iMoreWhat you need to knowWhatsApp is working on a new privacy feature.A future update should prevent people from seeing when you're online.This feature has long been a heavily requested one.WhatsApp is working on a new featur...

    Shikhar MehrotraIMAGE: UNSPLASH Messaging platform WhatsApp is currently working on a new feature that will enable users to hide their online status from select contacts. As things stand, the privacy setting of hiding some information from select users is...

    WhatsApp is developing a feature that would allow users to hide their online status, according to WABetaInfo. On Saturday, the outlet shared a screenshot of new privacy settings that allow someone to decide who can see them when they’re using the app. The...

    WhatsApp beta users have just received a big update as the messaging platform is looking to improve its Windows beta app. As per the latest information from WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is now releasing a redesigned context menu for people who install the latest ...

    Press Trust Of IndiaImage: Representative/Unsplash Meta-owned WhatsApp banned over 19 lakh Indian accounts in May on the basis of complaints received from users via its grievances channel and through its own mechanism to prevent and detect violations, as ...

    If you have been wanting to change your WhatsApp privacy status, there's now some good news.A recent update (opens in new tab) from the Meta-owned messaging service allows users to update not only who can see their WhatsApp privacy status but who can...

    Shikhar MehrotraIMAGE: UNSPLASH The Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a handful of features that will be released for users in the near future. These features will allow users to exit a group without notifying other users, react...

    WhatsApp, the instant messaging app, seems to be bringing in almost all the features that will fulfil most of our daily needs. The app already has a number of chatbots for easy access to a number of information, from COVID-19 information to health informa...

    Instant messaging app WhatsApp is reportedly working on more emoji reactions for iPhone users to react to messages. The new feature is an expansion of WhatsApp reactions that were introduced in May 2022 for iPhone users. Once this feature is rolled out, i...

    Nikita BishayImage: Unsplash WhatsApp chatbots have now become a common element in today's technologically-fast world with various platforms including the recent COVID-19 and 'Ask Rakshak' chatbots. In a new addition, the social messaging p...

    Facebook has long taken action against fake reviews, but now it's formalizing that stance. As The Verge notes, Facebook parent company Meta has updated its Community Feedback Policy in the US to explicitly ban fake and paid reviews on its platforms. ...

    In the crackdown against fake news spreaders, the government has banned 35 WhatsApp groups. It had come to the government's notice that, during the Agnipath protests, fake news was being spread and it promptly moved to get these WhatsApp groups banne...

    WhatsApp is testing a new Facebook-like cover photo feature for business accounts on android. The Meta-owned messaging app is reportedly rolling out the new cover photo feature to WhatsApp Business beta users. While this feature is already available on Wh...

    This week, WhatsApp added a number of new features, including the option to mute others during group calls (via Android Central).According to The Verge, this sanity-saving tool appears to be useful not only for muting folks who fail to do so, but also if ...

    WhatsApp is getting the ability to mute individual users on group calls, so that person who might be accidentally far too noisy can be silenced without a fuss.We were alerted to such an update, among others, by Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp at Meta, who...

    WhatsApp has added a handful of features to make group calls more manageable. As of this week, you can both mute and message specific people in your group calls, the company announced in a tweet spotted by Android Central (via The Verge). The former shoul...

    Shikhar MehrotraIMAGE: UNSPLASH If reports are to be believed, then, Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp is likely to avail more message reaction features in the coming days. According to the latest report from WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is currently...

    Telegram has amassed over 700 million monthly active users and is rolling out a premium tier with additional features as the instant messaging platform pushes to monetize a portion of its large user base. The firm did not disclose how much it is charging ...