WhatsApp

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. UPDATE: WhatsApp has reiterated that this was not a security flaw, and that there’s no evidence of any mass data scraping as a result of these findings. WhatsApp…

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. After working on the option for some time, WhatsApp is finally set to give users the option to create a username in the app, as opposed to using…

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WhatsApp’s giving users another way to lock down their chats, and protect their personal data, with Passkey-encrypted chat backups, which will give you more complex options for data…

WhatsApp has launched a new, celebrity-led promotional campaign which aims to highlight the benefits of WhatsApp’s additional functionality over regular SMS messaging. The new campaign, which features Adam Brody and Adam Scott as party planners using different messaging approaches, points…

WhatsApp has added AI-generated backgrounds for video calls, as well as a range of new filters and effects, giving you more ways to spice up your private chats. So now, you can imagine yourself in any situation you want, and…

Digital media platforms seem convinced that we all need ways to make ourselves sound smarter or more interesting than we are, which appears to be one of the more frequent suggested uses of AI, based on the tools they’re making…

WhatsApp’s adding some new collaboration features to help expand its potential usage, including group call scheduling, call link notifications and in-chat signals for contributors. First off, on call scheduling. Now, WhatsApp users can schedule calls, and invite people or groups…

As part of its continued attempts to reduce local reliance on foreign tech platforms, Russia has begun restricting calls on both WhatsApp and Telegram, in an effort, Russian authorities claim, to combat criminal activity. Russian leaders claim that people are…

Meta has announced some new measures to protect WhatsApp users from scam activity, including improved insight into group requests, and updated alerts for individual chat requests. First off, on group messaging. WhatsApp’s rolling out a new safety overview that will…

WhatsApp has posted its latest monthly overview of recent app updates, some of which we’ve reported on already, while others are smaller changes that have been rolled out with little fanfare. WhatsApp’s been publishing its monthly feature round-ups since April,…