Three new WhatsApp privacy features coming to Meta's popular messaging app let you control who sees your online status, block view-once screenshots and more.
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WhatsApp now lets you delete a message after two days instead of just one hour
WhatsApp has announced that users can now delete an inappropriate text message two days after sending it instead of just one hour.
WhatsApp is extending Delete for Everyone time limit from just one hour to 36 hours
Instead of barely an hour, WhatsApp's Delete for Everyone feature can now recall a message after more than 24 hours of being sent.
How to send a message on WhatsApp without saving that phone number to your iPhone
Looking to message someone on WhatsApp whose number you have not saved to your contacts list? Follow this tutorial where we show you seven easy ways to directly message a phone number on WhatsApp without having to save the number first.
WhatsApp is rewriting its Electron-powered Mac app from scratch in Catalyst
The Meta-owned WhatsApp messaging software will provide a new Mac app in the future, rewritten in Catalyst to be faster and user-friendlier on macOS.
WhatsApp rolls out emoji reactions, 2GB file sharing and bigger 512-people chats
You can now use WhatsApp emoji reactions to respond to messages with emoticons, plus send bigger files and create massive 512-people groups.
WhatsApp is working on letting you send and receive messages with your Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses
WhatsApp's integration with Ray-Ban Stories will let you send and receive messages, and make calls, using your voice on the smart glasses.
WhatsApp is testing quick emoji reactions for status updates
A new feature being tested would make it a cinch to express your feelings about a friend's status message on WhatsApp with one of the several emoji reactions.
A new WhatsApp feature lets you stop vanishing messages from disappearing
The Meta-owned WhatsApp is testing a new feature for its iPhone app to mark a disappearing message to keep it past its expiration time.
All apps should steal this Telegram feature
Telegram for iPhone has gained the ability to set a custom sound for notifications so that your own audio plays when you receive a message.
Check out emoji reactions, larger calls and other new features for WhatsApp groups
You can now react with emoji in WhatsApp group chats, participate in larger audio calls, delete problematic messages for everyone and so forth.