In what looks like an accidental move, WhatsApp released new animated stickers in the WhatsApp Store in Beta v2.20.194.7. The feature disappeared in a subsequent Beta update v2.20.194.9, suggesting that the feature is still very much in development.
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Facebook-owned WhatsApp started testing UPI-based ‘WhatsApp Payments’ service back in 2018 in India and the expansion has been slow. Finally now, WhatsApp Payments service is now available for users and small businesses in Brazil, and this comes after Mark Zuckerberg announced earlier this year that the service will be rolled out to more countries in the next 6 months. Continue reading “WhatsApp Payments now available for people and small businesses in Brazil”
WhatsApp has been constantly adding new features lately and recently, the company added support for QR codes in the latest iOS beta on TestFlight. Following that, now WhatsApp has started rolling out QR code support for Android beta users. Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android beta brings QR code support”
Update: May 19, 2020 — WhatsApp has restored the 30 seconds status limit in India after nearly two months. This is reflected in Android 2.20.166 update.
Facebook is working hard to develop their Messenger Rooms, which is a feature that can be used to connect to people over video. In the latest 2.2019.6 WhatsApp Web update, Messenger Rooms appears to be in development to be integrated in as a shortcut.
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Update-28th April 2020: WhatsApp v2.20.141 web release is now available to download from WhatsApp’s official website and this version now supports up to 8 people in group voice and video calls. Users who are not on WhatsApp beta version are recommended to side load this APK. Similarly, WhatsApp for iOS v2.20.50 has been updated to support up to 8 people in group calls. Continue reading “WhatsApp now lets 8 participants in group voice and video calls [Update: Now rolling out widely]”
Back in 2018, WhatsApp started adding a “forwarded” label for any message that is being forwarded from one chat to another and later limited forwarding messages to 5 chats at once globally. Following that, WhatsApp has again started limiting message forwarding to prevent the spread of fake news related to the COVID-19 crisis.
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WhatsApp has pushed yet another update for its Beta app in android, bringing the version number to 2.20.110. It makes a few changes including renaming delete messages, testing support for multiple device login and reducing WhatsApp Status video length for Indian users.
In a recent update, WhatsApp Beta has started testing a feature called ‘Delete messages‘ that was introduced as part of its rumoured cleaning tools for deleting messages in Groups. Now, in WhatsApp Beta v2.20.83/v2.20.84, they are reportedly testing the disappearing messages feature for personal chats too.
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WhatsApp for Android got dark mode feature in beta back in January, and it has been in the works for iOS for more than a year. Now WhatsApp has announced the roll out of dark mode for all the Android and iOS users. This lets users choose from light or dark theme. The dark theme is more like dark gray unlike pure black available in some apps. Chats appear with dark background, and your messages are shown in green bubbles. Continue reading “WhatsApp Dark mode finally available for all Android and iOS users”
WhatsApp which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 crossed 1 billion users worldwide in July 2017 and undoubtedly, it is popular among many users worldwide. After crossing a 1.5 billion user milestone in 2018, WhatsApp has now announced that it has hit the next milestone.
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WhatsApp beta for Android has been updated to version 2.20.13 that finally brings dark mode feature that has been in the works for more than a year. This lets users choose from light or dark theme. The dark theme is more like dark gray unlike pure black available in some apps. Chats appear with dark background, and your messages are shown in green bubbles.
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Whatsapp is reportedly testing a feature that enables disappearing messages, that will automatically remove messages after a certain period of time. The feature has been in development in Whatsapp Beta’s under different names and is part of Whatsapp’s cleaning tools.
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iPhone users will now receive new updates for WhatsApp, bringing welcome features like call waiting, a redesigned chat screen and improvements to the Braille Keyboard. The update comes directly to the stable version of WhatsApp along with the group privacy features that were released earlier this month.
Earlier this year, WhatsApp partnered with The Indian School of Public Policy for a privacy education program. Similarly now, WhatsApp has partnered with Startup India to launch Ad Credit Challenge and the company has invested US $2,50,000 (Rs. 1,79,23,230 approx.) into the Indian Startup Community.
