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 […]
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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. […]
WhatsApp may soon let users send images in original quality on Desktop beta
San Francisco | Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature which will allow users to send images in their original quality, on Desktop beta. With the new feature, users will no longer have to worry about their images losing quality or resolution while sending them, reports WABetaInfo. When the feature will be […]
WhatsApp working on feature to send pics in original quality
San Francisco | Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to send photos in their original quality. The platform is planning to integrate a new setting icon within the drawing tool header which will allow users to configure the quality of any photo, reports WABetaInfo. The new feature […]
WhatsApp working on ‘Report status update’ feature on Android beta
San Francisco | Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new ‘Report status update’ feature on Android beta. The new feature will allow users to report status updates that might violate the platform’s Terms of Service, in addition to the already available feature to report messages, reports WABetaInfo. A report button will be available […]
WhatsApp working on feature to let users report status updates
San Francisco | Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature which will provide users the ability to report status updates on desktop beta. The new feature will allow users to report a status update right within a new menu in the status section, reports WABetaInfo. If users see any suspicious status update […]
WhatsApp working on voice status updates on iOS beta
San Francisco | Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on voice status on iOS beta for an upcoming iOS update. It provides users the ability to share voice notes to their status updates, reports WABetaInfo. According to the report, the microphone icon will show up when users don’t enter any text and it will allow […]
WhatsApp suffers major outage in India
New Delhi | Meta-owned WhatsApp went down on Tuesday across the globe, including several parts of the country, as multiple users reported they cannot access the messaging service or get a single tick even for delivered messages. According to Down Detector, over 85 per cent of people reported problems while messaging, 11 per cent while using […]
WhatsApp bans 23 lakh bad accounts in India, here’s why
New Delhi | Meta-owned WhatsApp on Saturday said it banned over 23 lakh accounts in India in the month of August in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021. The messaging platform, which has nearly 500 million users (according to third-party data) in the country, received 598 complaint reports in the month of August in India, […]