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 …
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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 …
WhatsApp is Releasing New Voice Messaging Features in the Coming Weeks
WhatsApp is working on improving voice messages with a host of new features rolling out in the coming weeks, the company announced on Wednesday. The Meta-owned company launched voice messaging on the app in 2013 and says its users now send 7 billion voice messages …
You Can Now Preview Voice Messages on WhatsApp Before Sending Them
WhatsApp is adding a useful feature that a lot of users will be happy with. On Tuesday, the Meta-owned messaging app announced it has added the ability to let users preview voice messages before sending them. The new feature is available across all WhatsApp platforms …
You Can Now Set New WhatsApp Chats to Disappear by Default
WhatsApp is giving all users the ability to set new chats to disappear by default after a certain period of time in an update that is rolling out today. Users will now be able to set whether they want all messages to disappear at once …
WhatsApp will let You Transfer Chat History Between iOS and Android
WhatsApp is addressing one of its most annoying deficiencies, the Facebook-owned company today used Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event to announce it is adding the ability to let users move their chat history when they switch from iOS to Android. The feature will be coming first …
WhatsApp Debuts ‘View Once’ Disappearing Photos and Videos
WhatsApp is debuting a new feature called “View Once” for photos and videos. The new feature will allow users send photos and videos to recipients that can only be viewed once before disappearing. “While taking photos or videos on our phones has become such a …
You Can Now Join Group WhatsApp Calls Even After They Have Started
As the popularity of group calls continues to grow on WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned company announced on Monday it is rolling out the ability to join group calls even after it has started to everyone. “Joinable calls reduce the burden of answering a group call as …