WhatsApp today announced it is rolling out the edit button to all users globally. WhatsApp users can now edit messages up to 15 minutes after sending them. Previously, users could only delete messages permanently after an hour while until WhatsApp extended the timeframe to two …
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WhatsApp’s New Chat Lock Hides Your Sensitive Conversations Behind an Extra Layer of Security
WhatsApp has announced Chat Lock, a new privacy feature that lets you hide your most private conversations behind an extra layer of security. Chat lock works with your device password or biometric and keeps your locked messages behind its own folder. Conversations locked behind Chat …
WhatsApp Improves Polls and Adds Captions to Forwarding
WhatsApp today announced new features to make chats “a little more productive and fun.” The new update, which will be rolling out globally in the coming weeks to all users, improves polls and message forwarding on the platform. Three new updates are coming to Polls. …
You Can Now Use Your WhatsApp Account on Multiple Phones
WhatsApp is giving its users more options on how to use the platform. Users on the messaging platform can message seamlessly across all their devices, but the Meta-owned company is now introducing the option to use one account on multiple phones. In a blog post …
WhatsApp Now Lets You Keep Disappearing Messages
WhatsApp is introducing a new feature it calls “Keep in Chat” that lets users hang on to disappearing messages. WhatsApp users have the privacy control options to set messages to “view once” or make them disappear by default after a certain period of time. With …
You Can Now Share Voice Messages on WhatsApp Status
WhatsApp today announced it has started rolling out voice status updates to users globally, and it will be available to everyone “in the coming weeks.” Currently, users on WhatsApp can share text, pictures, videos on their status updates, and the addition of voice messages adds …
WhatsApp Now Lets You Message Yourself
I am surely not the only one that sends messages and links to my brother on WhatsApp just to have them saved so I can have easy access to them, am I? Anyway, I won’t need to do that anymore as WhatsApp now makes it …
WhatsApp Adds Proxy Support to Help Bypass Government Blocks
After the Iranian government blocked access to Meta’s WhatsApp and Instagram amidst the protests over the death of 22-year-old Masha Amini, WhatsApp responded by saying, “we are working to keep our Iranian friends connected and will do anything within our technical capacity to keep our …
WhatsApp Now Lets You Undo Accidental Message Deletes
WhatsApp has added a very useful feature for message deletes. The application will now let you undo messages deleted for yourself, so you can apply a “Delete for everyone” option if you want. The update is available on iOS and Android, and users have a …
WhatsApp Adds Support for Bitmoji-like Avatars
WhatsApp has officially rolled out support for customisable avatars. The feature has been available on Meta platforms – Facebook, Instagram, and its VR system, for a while, but it is now available on WhatsApp. “Your avatar is a digital version of you that can be …
WhatsApp Launches Business Directory Feature in Five Countries
After initially conducting a test among a small number of users in Brazil last year, WhatsApp is now expanding its business directory feature to the UK, Mexico, Indonesia, and Colombia. Businesses that sign up for WhatsApp for Business in these countries will appear in the …
WhatsApp Launches Communities to Bring Related Group Chats Together
WhatsApp on Thursday announced the launch of new features, including Communities that let groups have sub-groups. The company began testing the feature in April among a few users but will roll it out to everyone globally in the coming months. “Communities like neighbourhoods, parents at …
WhatsApp Rolling Out One-Tap Links to Join Calls
Starting this week, WhatsApp is rolling out call links, enabling users to create call links and share them with others to join. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement in a Facebook post, and also, the company is testing secure encrypted video calling for up …
WhatsApp Now Gives You Two Days to Delete Unwanted Messages
If you hit send on a WhatsApp message that you no longer want the recipient to have or see, you now have a little over two days to delete the message(s) permanently. The Meta-owned company announced the update last Monday, increasing the timeframe from the …
WhatsApp Now Lets You Decide Who Can See Your Profile Photo
WhatsApp is rolling out new privacy control settings that let users hide their profile photos, about and last seen status from specific people on their contacts list. The new update is rolling out globally to all users on Android and iOS. Before the update, users …
WhatsApp Introduces Communities and Emoji Reactions
WhatsApp on Thursday announced it is expanding the way group messages work with Communities. With Communities, admins will be able to bring separate groups under one umbrella in a new tab so messages are better coordinated. “Given lots of feedback we’ve received, we think there’s …