WhatsApp is rolling out avatars to users. Avatars will give you a new and personalized way to express yourself. Your avatar is a digital version of you that can be created from billions of combinations of diverse hairstyles, facial features, and outfits. On WhatsApp, you can now use your personalized avatar as your profile photo […]
Uber lets you book a ride via WhatsApp
WhatsApp is one of the widely used messenger services in India. The ubiquitous nature of the app has not only made it the defacto app to stay in touch with family and friends but also to carry out business transactions. Sensing an opportunity here, Uber has announced that users in India can now book their […]
India’s widely used messaging app, WhatsApp launches payment feature
WhatsApp users in India can now make payments using the app. Digital payments have been on the rise and since WhatsApp is widely used by people in India, this move will help people transact digitally using a single app. The WhatsApp payments feature is in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) using […]
WhatsApp for Business rolls out catalog feature so that small businesses can sell better
WhatsApp for Business is ideal for small businesses that do not want to set up an eCommerce site and want to sell their wares to their customers by showcasing the products. Going a step further, WhatsApp has made it easy for people running small businesses and retail units who want to sell their products to […]
WhatsApp chat backups will not consume your data storage capacity on Google Drive
Google and WhatsApp have entered in to a partnership that will provide Android users with chat backups on Google Drive without consuming the storage capacity from 12 November 2018. Also, WhatsApp backups that have been not updated on the Google Drive from more than a year will be automatically removed from the Google Drive. Hence […]
WhatsApp rolls out video and voice group calling feature
WhatsApp is a major success in this part of the world. Today, people rely more on WhatsApp than SMSes. Although late, WhatsApp has started rolling out the group calling feature for video and voice. As per WhatsApp, their users spend over 2 billion minutes on calls per day. WhatsApp group call feature is limited to […]
WhatsApp now supports media file transfers
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging App, with almost everyone using the same for messaging and voice/video calls. As mobile internet gets affordable (thanks to Jio), the usage of WhatsApp goes beyond just sharing emoticons or text. Earlier WhatsApp started to support sharing of office files like doc, xls, xlsx, pdf and more. Now it […]
WhatsApp to roll out video calling feature
WhatsApp today is the most widely used messaging app. With other messengers offering more features, WhatsApp today announced the availability of the video calling feature that it will be rolling out to more than one billion users across Android, iPhone and Windows phones. This feature will be rolled out as a update in the coming […]
Whatsapp enables end-to-end encryption
Few years back Whatsapp was one of the least secure messaging apps that allowed hackers to read the conversations who had a bit of technical knowledge. But as of yesterday, Whatsapp has enabled end-to-end encryption in their app, making it one of the most secure messaging apps that you can use right now. End-to-end means […]
WhatsApp crosses 1 billion users
It was in April 2014 when WhatsApp had announced that they’ve surpassed 500 million monthly active users and just under two years, the Facebook-owned service has announced that over 1 billion users use their service monthly, making them one of the widely used service across the globe. Needless to say, this is an impressive feat […]