Foad Dabiri, a Twitter engineer, recently accused WhatsApp of secretly using the microphone on his Google Pixel 7 Pro smartphone. His alarming discovery came to light on May 6th when he noticed that the messaging app had been accessing his device's microphone in the background, even while he was asleep. "What's going on? WhatsApp has...
WhatsApp is finally improving its multi-device offering in its latest update by introducing the ability to use the same WhatsApp account on multiple phones.
WhatsApp has updated its iPhone app today to introduce a new feature for custom stickers for Apple users, building upon some other new features introduced last week. The Meta-owned messaging app says you can now create your own custom stickers using photo cutouts from Apple Photos. The latest iOS 16 update lets you tap and...
WhatsApp has just announced a handful of new security updates, including account and device verification, as well as an Automatic Security Codes feature.
WABetaInfo has reported that WhatsApp recently submitted a new update through its TestFlight beta program, updating the version to 23.6.0.73. According to the business version of WhatsApp, the Meta-owned app is developing a feature to send video messages, which will be included in a future app update. The latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.6.0.73, shows...
Meta is launching a new WhatsApp desktop app that loads faster and allows group video calls with up to eight people and audio calls with up to 32 people.
Newly announced features for WhatsApp Groups also include a tool that gives admins the ability to decide who can join a group, making it more manageable.
If you want a native macOS version of WhatsApp, an open beta version is now widely available for download on the messaging app’s website for all, instead of being just available for limited TestFlight testers before. According to WABetaInfo, the macOS Catalyst app is now available to download and test. Mac Catalyst allows developers to...
WhatsApp for iPhone has been updated to now let you ‘Message yourself’. According to the Thursday update, the Meta-owned messaging app says, “you can now create a chat with yourself for convenient reminders and note taking synchronized across devices. Tap ‘New chat’ and choose ‘Message yourself’ to get started." We tested this update and the...
