- India
LIC subscribers can now access policy-related info, services on WhatsApp
New Delhi: The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on Wednesday introduced a 24×7 interactive service for its subscribers on WhatsApp, allowing policyholders to easily access information and services related to policies within the…
- Technology
WhatsApp introduces ‘Voice Status’, ‘Status Reactions’ features
New Delhi: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp on Tuesday announced new features coming to its status, including ‘Voice Status’, ‘Status Reactions’ and much more. The new features have started rolling out to users…
- Technology
WhatsApp rolling out feature to let users share up to 100 media on Android beta
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature that will allow users to share up to 100 media within the chats, on Android beta. With the new…
- Technology
WhatsApp rolling out longer group subjects, descriptions on iOS beta
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out longer group subjects and descriptions on iOS beta. This will make it easier for users to better describe groups, reports WABetaInfo. Beta…
- Technology
WhatsApp rolls out ability to create avatars on iOS
New Delhi: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp, in its latest update to iOS, has rolled out the ability to create personalized avatars and use them as stickers and profile pictures. Some users may…
- Technology
WhatsApp may soon let users pin messages within chats, group
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature which will allow users to pin messages within chats and groups. The feature is useful as it will allow…
- Middle East
Iran: WhatsApp, Instagram to remain blocked after Mahsa Amini protests
Tehran: The Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi announced on Wednesday that the government will continue to restrict access to social media networks— Instagram and WhatsApp, which have been blocked for months due to…
- Technology
WhatsApp working on feature to let users create calling shortcuts
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature which will allow users to create calling shortcuts. With the new feature, it will be possible to create a…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: WhatsApp text saves a girl from child marriage trap
Hyderabad: Timely message from a minor girl from Hayathnagar to the WhatsApp number of the Rachakonda police control room saved her from a child marriage trap on Wednesday. A 17-year-old girl had…
- Technology
WhatsApp rolling out longer group subjects, descriptions on Android beta
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out longer group subjects and descriptions on Android beta. These changes will help users to better describe groups, reports WABetainfo. The characters of…
- Technology
WhatsApp faces privacy setting issue globally on iOS
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is facing a server-side issue, making it impossible to update the privacy setting “who can see when I’m online,” globally on iOS. This outage is not…
- India
Delhi HC defers hearing pleas against WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday deferred hearing a bunch of petitions challenging WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy last year, allegedly violating the fundamental rights of the users. It is alleged…
- Business
WhatsApp working on new software that uses Apple Mac Catalyst
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a new Mac app that uses the Apple Mac Catalyst development environment to make better use of system resources. According to AppleInsider, WhatsApp currently provides…
- Technology
WhatsApp blocks screenshots of view once messages
Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has rolled out a much-needed feature that automatically blocks taking screenshots of a view once messages. With this feature of WhatsApp, it is possible to send a ‘view…
- Technology
WhatsApp brings native beta for macOS
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has made a native beta application for macOS which is now available for download. Users can install the native application by downloading the dmg file from…
