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 is rewriting its Electron-powered Mac app from scratch in Catalyst
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 will support chatting on a secondary phone or tablet
WhatsApp's Linked Devices feature currently supports computers, but will soon let you link mobile devices to chat on multiple phones or a phone and a tablet.
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.
How to hide your WhatsApp “last seen” status from everyone or selected contact
WhatsApp's "last seen" feature lets people know when you were last active on the instant messaging app. If you don't want people to know when you were last online, for privacy or any other reason, here is how to hide your WhatsApp "last seen" status on iPhone.
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.
WhatsApp no longer saves disappearing media to the iPhone’s Photos app
Learn why images, videos and animated GIFs from WhatsApp chats with disappearing messages enabled are no longer automatically saved to your iPhone's Photos library, and how to manage this setting going forward.
WhatsApp polls for group chats are coming
You'll soon be able to record the opinion of people in a group chat with a WhatsApp poll, a new feature currently under development and testing.
How to send short videos or Live Photos as GIFs on WhatsApp
In addition to sending and receiving animated GIFs, WhatsApp also lets you send any short video or Live Photo in your iPhone Photo library as an animated GIF. This tutorial shows you how to do that in recent versions of WhatsApp on iOS.
WhatsApp limits message forwards to other groups to curb misinformation
WhatsApp is limiting the number of times users can forward a message in a group chat, a change designed to slow down the spread of misinformation on the platform.