Last updated: April 16th, 2024 at 14:31 UTC+02:00 Last month, Meta updated the beta version of WhatsApp for Android with the ability for people to access Meta AI using the search bar. Well, the company has polished the feature even further and is making the new experience available in many countries across the globe. According … Read more
Last updated: April 10th, 2024 at 10:42 UTC+02:00 Facebook Messenger, the world’s third most popular instant messaging app, is getting many new features. Following the release of HD image and video sharing capabilities on WhatsApp, the same feature is coming to Facebook Messenger. The instant messaging app is also getting document and file-sharing features. Facebook … Read more
Telegram isn’t quite as widely used as WhatsApp, but businesses can now add it as a communication option for their customers if they want to. Anybody on the messaging app can now convert their account into a business account to get access to features designed to make it easier for customers to find and contact … Read more
Last updated: April 2nd, 2024 at 10:20 UTC+02:00 As most of you might know, WhatsApp for Android and iOS allows you to lock chats behind a passcode or biometric authentication. Once you lock a chat, the app also moves it from the regular chats list to the Locked Chats folder. This feature is very helpful … Read more
In 2014, WIRED asked me to write a few lines about my most-used app as part of an internship application. I wrote about WhatsApp because it was a no-brainer. I was an international student from India, and it was my lifeline to my family and to my girlfriend, now my wife, who lived on the … Read more
Last updated: March 29th, 2024 at 19:14 UTC+01:00 In April 2023, WhatsApp started testing a bottom-mounted and redesigned navigation bar in WhatsApp for Android. After almost a year, the redesign has finally made it to the stable version of the app. In a new post on X/Twitter, WhatsApp has announced that WhatsApp for Android will … Read more
In November 2023, WhatsApp started testing the ability in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android for people to forward or rewind a video by double-tapping on the right or the left side of the display/video. While the feature still hasn’t made it to the stable version of WhatsApp for Android, it is here on … Read more
WhatsApp has been busy developing a video fast-forward and rewind feature, with the new feature arriving for iOS devices soon. The feature will apply to videos sent and received within the instant messaging app, with users able to double-tap the right side of the screen to fast forward and the left side of the screen … Read more
Last updated: March 26th, 2024 at 17:53 UTC+01:00 Currently, you can access Meta AI in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android in two ways. First, by tapping the Meta AI button on the Chats tab, which will open the conversation with the chatbot. Second, by searching for Meta AI in contacts and then tapping … Read more
Last updated: March 26th, 2024 at 09:12 UTC+01:00 WhatsApp compresses all the images and videos unless you share them as documents. And many people get annoyed by the drop in quality of images and videos shared through WhatsApp. Last year, the app introduced the ability to share HD (actually 4K resolution) quality media, but you … Read more