New Delhi | In a bid to take on Meta-owned WhatsApp, Elon Musk-owned X Corp has started to roll out support for audio and video calls. Several X (formerly Twitter) users received a notification while opening the social media app that reads: “Audio and video calls are here!” There’s also a new “Enable audio and […]
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Mark Zuckerberg launches WhatsApp Channels in India
New Delhi | Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced to launch WhatsApp Channels in India and over 150 countries. WhatsApp Channels are a one-way broadcast tool and deliver a private way to receive updates from people and organisations that matter to users, within WhatsApp. “Excited to introduce you all to WhatsApp Channels, […]
WhatsApp rolling out phone number privacy feature for communities on beta
San Francisco | Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new ‘phone number privacy’ feature on Android and iOS beta Beta users will see a new option in the community announcement group info named ‘phone number privacy,’ reports WABetaInfo. This feature informs users that their phone number is only visible to community admins and […]
WhatsApp widely rolling out redesigned sticker, GIF picker on iOS
San Francisco | Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is widely rolling out a redesigned sticker and GIF picker on iOS. The official changelog of the application mentioned that an updated sticker tray with improved navigation is now available on the platform, reports WABetaInfo. This updated feature allows users to scroll the picker upwards, allowing them to […]
WhatsApp rolling out new calling button on iOS beta
San Francisco | Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new calling button along with a context menu on iOS beta. If the new feature is enabled on the users’ application, they will see a different calling icon, reports WABetaInfo. This new icon will still allow group participants to make group calls but it will […]
WhatsApp’s new feature allows adding descriptions to forwarded messages
San Francisco | Meta-owned WhatsApp has released a new feature, allowing users to add descriptions to forwarded images, videos, GIFs, and documents on Android, which is currently available to some beta testers. According to WABetaInfo, this feature can come in handy if the current caption doesn’t accurately describe the image or if you want to add […]
WhatsApp bans record over 45 lakh bad accounts in India in Feb
New Delhi | Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record over 45 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of February, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company informed on Saturday. Between February 1 and February 28, “4,597,400 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 1,298,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from […]
WhatsApp rolling out new updates for ‘communities’ on iOS, Android
San Francisco | To make it more user-friendly, Meta-owned WhatsApp has rolled out new updates to the community feature by introducing some changes to the interface of the “announcement group” for users on iOS and Android. According to WABetaInfo, the company has renamed the announcement group to “Home” on WhatsApp beta for Android, and its new […]
WhatsApp’s new feature on iOS lets users extract text from images
San Francisco | Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is widely rolling out the ‘Text detection’ feature on iOS which allows users to extract text right out of an image. The company is rolling out this feature to everyone after installing the latest WhatsApp for iOS 23.5.77 update, reports WABetaInfo. When users open an image which contains text, […]
WhatsApp bans 29 lakh accounts in India as country launches grievance panel
New Delhi | Meta-owned WhatsApp banned more than 29 lakh accounts in India in the month of January, a figure that is drastically lower than 36.77 lakh accounts it blocked in the country in December last year, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. Between January 1 and January 31, “2,918,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. […]