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Telegram rolls out video transcription, collectible usernames and more
Voice-to-text video transcription in Telegram is great for those times when you don't have the time to watch someone's video message.
After Instagram and Facebook, Memoji-style avatars are coming to WhatsApp
Your WhatsApp avatar is customizable and comes in various attractive poses, allowing you to be even more expressive when messaging family and friends.
WhatsApp will start blocking view-once screenshots and recordings on November 1
The mobile WhatsApp app shall begin blocking screenshots of disappearing photos and videos to protect the privacy of view-once media in chats. Here's what to know.
WhatsApp call links and 32-person encrypted video calls now rolling out
FaceTime-like WhatsApp call links make it easy for friends and family to join a group video chat. On top of those, Meta is testing 32-person encrypted video calls.
3 new WhatsApp privacy features include view-once screenshot blocking
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.
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.
iOS 16 Messages lets you revoke or edit a message, mark any thread as unread & more
Apple's iOS 16 software includes new features for the iPhone's Messages app, like message revoking and the ability to recall a sent message, among other changes.
How to send a message on WhatsApp without saving the phone number
Looking to message someone on WhatsApp whose number you have not saved to your contacts list? In this tutorial, we'll show you 8 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.