In a bid to make it easier for users to try out new features on Android, WhatsApp has launched a beta program. Available on the Google Play Store, the beta program is good news for early adopters to test latest pre-release builds of the Facebook owned WhatsApp Messenger.
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WhatsApp has increased its group limit from 100 to 256. The limit was increased from 50 to 100 back in November 2014. This new feature is currently available only in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android v2.12.429 or later, but it is expected to roll out for other users and platforms soon. The latest version that can be downloaded from the official website at the time of writing the article is v2.12.437. Continue reading “WhatsApp group limit increased from 100 to 256”
It has been rumoured for a while that Whatsapp is working on an end-to-end encryption solution for its IM on the Android platform. A new screenshot shows a beta version which shows the security screen and proves that such a feature is in the works.
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WhatsApp is the largest mobile messaging app in the world with more than 900 MAU. The app which already supports voice calling is now said to bring video calling support soon.
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Like most rivalries in the technological world, Whatsapp’s main rival is probably Telegram, which many arguably state is the more advanced IM client. Telegram is always quick to roll out features and describes itself as a safer option for users. Whatsapp also seems to understand that Telegram is serious about what they do and now, Telegram links are being blocked on Whatsapp.
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Google has officially announced that it is releasing a new feature that will make it easy for WhatsApp users to back up their data. The company is adding a Google Drive integration that lets you back up entire WhatsApp history right to Google Drive.
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The Government has confirmed that it will exempt WhatsApp and social media like Facebook, Twitter, payment gateways, e-commerce and password based transactions from the Draft National Encryption Policy.
Mobile security research firm, Check Point, has revealed a new bug in the popular cross platform messaging service, WhatsApp. The bug that appears to affect only WhatsApp Web has the potential to allow ransomware and malicious applications on your device. Continue reading “Bug in WhatsApp Web could potentially affect 200 million users”
Google is making it easier to send an instant message without actually typing them on your mobile device. The latest Google Now update will allow users to dictate messages through a number of third-party messaging apps including WhatsApp, Viber, NextPlus, Telegram and WeChat.
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WhatsApp for Android has been updated with a bunch of important and much needed features. The latest update brings custom notifications, mark as unread and others to the Android app.
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Google Hangouts joins the elite club of apps that has crossed 1 Billion downloads on the Play Store. Till today, there have been ten apps that have crossed the milestone out of which 3 of them were Facebook apps while the other 7 were Google’s own apps.
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WhatsApp for Android has added a new word search feature that lets you search through all your conversations with just a keyword. Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android gets new app-wide search feature”
Back in March, WhatApp started rolling out voice calling functionality to Android users. The company updated their iOS application next to bring the much awaited feature to the vast number of users of Apple’s hardware. Today, the company is finally bringing voice calling to WhatsApp users on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. Continue reading “WhatsApp voice calling now available on Windows Phone”
WhatsApp failed to compete with other tech companies and lagged behind last when it comes to protecting user data from government requests, according to Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
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David Marcus who is the VP of product Messaging at Facebook has posted a photo on Facebook that shows that the Messenger app for Android devices has crossed 1 billion downloads.
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