Much to the dismay of its users, WhatsApp was supposed to shove advertisements into the messaging software at the start of 2020. According to a new report, Mark Zuckerberg has temporarily changed his mind about that out of fear of angering regulators and WhatsApp fans.
In an effort to discourage people from spreading misinformation regarding the coronavirus, COVID-19 and other fake news, Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging service yesterday announced new measures to clamp down further on bulk message forwarding.
WhatsApp has finally launched support for Dark Mode after weeks of testing.
Better late than never! Facebook-owned WhatsApp has (Finally!™) begun testing a brand new dark interface theme in its mobile apps for iOS and Android more than three months after Apple rolled out a system-wide Dark Mode option in iOS 13 and iPadOS.
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps out there, and the platform is making a big change in the near future.
Up until this week, Facebook didn't actually require a Facebook Messenger user to have a Facebook account. But that has changed.
All WhatsApp users should update their messaging app to the latest available version that squishes a serious bug which could wipe out all of their group chats in one fell swoop.
Facebook owns a lot of popular apps, including WhatsApp and Instagram, and we heard earlier this year the social network plans on finding a way to integrating all of them.
People seem to value privacy more than ever these days, and with such a massive part of our lives taking place in digital conversations, isn’t it about time we do more to protect them?
Not all apps incorporate native conversation-centric privacy features, but with the help of a newly released jailbreak tweak called ChatLock by iOS developer Elias Sfeir, you can lock individual conversations in several of your favorite messaging apps with just a few taps to prevent friends and family from logging into your device and reading your personal chats.
If you have been aching for a new, built-in way to pay for things while using Facebook's most popular apps, the social network has something just for you: Facebook Pay.
When Apple launches iOS 13 to the public later this year, the new software will reportedly include a major change for apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
WhatsApp Status, an Instagram Stories-like ephemeral sharing feature, may soon let you republish your status directly to a story on Facebook, or send it to an app of your choice.