Articles tagged "WhatsApp"

WhatsApp is apparently aware of the fact that a lot of its users are facing a problem with clutter in their main chat list, especially due to having a lot of separate threads with messages from large...

Today WhatsApp is rectifying one of the major shortcomings of its web client, as it now finally supports audio and video calls. Obviously, this requires no download or installation, as it is part of...

WhatsApp is rolling out four new features for its users, with an especially big update for iPad users. Now, you can create a WhatsApp account directly on an iPad without having to first have it...

Last month, the European Commission (EC) announced that it would be forcing Meta to allow third-party AI chatbots in WhatsApp for free in the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision followed...

Back in April, we learned that WhatsApp was developing a feature that would let its Android users back up their WhatsApp chats on its own encrypted cloud storage. Now we hear that the Meta-owned...

Last month we learned that WhatsApp started testing a green dot on Android to indicate that a contact is online. The Meta-owned company has now started testing this feature on iOS as well. This...

Earlier this week, Meta-owned WhatsApp introduced the username feature, allowing its users to communicate with each other without sharing their phone numbers. The feature will roll out later this...

WhatsApp is finally, after years of testing and anticipation, introducing usernames. You will be able to reserve yours starting "this week". The usernames themselves will only roll out "later this...

WhatsApp has started testing "view once" messages on iOS. As the name implies, these will be messages that you send and can only be viewed once by the recipient. After they viewed them once, the...

Back in November of last year, Meta banned third-party chatbots in WhatsApp, but of course the company has its own one built right in. The EU authorities have taken issue with this, and the European...

Meta has announced the global rollout of subscription plans for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The company also revealed that new plans aimed at Meta AI users, creators, and businesses are coming...

WhatsApp has been testing the View-Once disappearing messages feature on its Android app since last month, and we now hear it is being tested on iOS as well. This revelation comes from the folks...

Today, WhatsApp has announced the introduction of incognito chats with Meta AI. As the name implies, these are private chats with the Meta chatbot inside WhatsApp. And when we say private, we mean...

In late 2025, WhatsApp's beta version of the app hinted at an upcoming design overhaul, in line with the so-called Liquid Glass design language that Apple started using with its most recent iOS....

The ability to back up your WhatsApp chats to the cloud has been around for about a decade now. Android users can back up their chats on Google Drive, while iPhone users can back up their chats on...

Meta-owned WhatsApp keeps testing new features for its Android and iOS users, with the latest feature in the works being notification bubbles, which Google has supported on Android since Android...

Back in early March, it emerged that WhatsApp would be launching a subscription service, and today this has been confirmed as real. WhatsApp is officially testing WhatsApp Plus. This costs €2.49 per...

WhatsApp is currently working on bringing its own in-app noise cancellation for voice and video calls. This has been spotted in the latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android, so it's still actively...

Today, WhatsApp has announced new features, including support for two accounts on the same iPhone. This feature was previously available on Android and has finally made it to iOS. If you use this,...

Today, WhatsApp unveiled parent-managed accounts for pre-teens. These are currently rolling out globally, and they come with new controls to limit pre-teens' WhatsApp experience to messaging and...