Voice messages on WhatsApp are an extremely convenient way of sending messages without needing to type. The developers of WhatsApp are working on improving the feature’s UI, in particular, they are looking to introduce voice waveforms.
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Back in 2018, WhatsApp started rolling out WhatsApp Payments in Beta and has been gradually rolling it out for all users in India. Today, the company has appointed the ex-Amazon Pay India Director to lead the WhatsApp Pay business in India. Continue reading “Ex-Amazon Pay India Director Manesh Mahatme appointed as Head of WhatsApp Pay in India”
Instagram has been adding new features to its platform lately and has been testing features as well. While until now the Instagram Desktop version allows users to scroll through their feed, like, comment on posts, it did not allow users to publish posts directly. It is going to change soon as Instagram has started testing this feature on the Desktop version. Continue reading “Instagram will soon let you publish posts directly from desktop”
Google’s move to remove support for third-party cookies in their Chrome browser has now been delayed until 2023. The move comes after Google faces scrutiny from multiple governments around the world about their possible anti-competitive behaviours in the advertisement industry, and they are seeking to work with regulators for the best possible solution.
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In an effort to be more gender inclusive and support diversity, Zoom has introduced a new update, v5.7.0, which enables the ability to show pronouns beside the user name. Along with this, Zoom also introduced Caller ID attestation for Zoom Phone, improved chat channel organization, improved user encryption visibility for Zoom Chat and more.
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Instagram introduced a new feature called “Suggested Posts” last year, where the app would show recommended posts at the end of the feed, from accounts that a user does not follow. Instagram is now working on expanding the feature to start showing these suggested posts in between posts on the regular feed.
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Twitter has finally opened the application process for users to apply for two premium services – Ticketed Spaces and Super Follow. These two features introduce new ways of monetization on the platform, allowing users to engage and earn money from their audience.
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Last year, Twitter introduced a feature that allows users to directly share their tweets in Snapchat and Instagram Stories. While support for the feature was rolled out for Snapchat, sharing to Instagram was only being tested with a limited set of users. Now, the feature is rolling out to all Instagram users for iOS.
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After months of development and testing, Facebook has begun rolling out two social audio-focused features in their platform, namely Live Audio Rooms and Podcast. Live Audio Rooms will be available to select public figures and Facebook Groups in the U.S., starting with iOS users, and select Podcasts are also available in the US now.
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The YouTube app has been seeing changes lately, with new features like the ‘Shorts’ tab replacing the ‘Explore’ tab. Similarly, Google is experimenting with the ‘Autoplay on Home’ feature on the YouTube app with some users. Continue reading “YouTube making changes to ‘Autoplay on Home’ feature with audio, captions and progress bar”
Clubhouse, the popular audio chat-room app, has unintentionally leaked an upcoming feature in their app called Backchannel, which appears to be for private messaging. The feature was quickly removed from the app, however some users were able to capture it and see how it works.
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Google Chat, the instant messaging service that is a part of Google Workspace, has now received an update that improves the search functionality with interactive filters. These filters will help speed up the search process, making it easier to find links, files, etc.
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The YouTube app for iOS and iPadOS is finally getting an update that will enable support for Picture-in-Picture (PiP) when viewing content. The feature is first rolling out to customers of YouTube Premium, and will later come to all free YouTube users.
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Facebook has introduced a bunch of updates for admins of Facebook pages that adds new features such as member summary, improved tools for comment moderation, options to slow down conversations, admin announcement notifications and more.
Just a few months ago, Spotify acquired the Betty Labs, who were the developers of Lockeroom, which was an app for live-audio. Spotify has now launched their live-audio app called Spotify Greenroom for both iOS and Android.
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