WhatsApp and Telegram are two of the most used social media texting applications in India. Over 400 million Indians use WhatsApp, which is almost the same number of people as Jio has in its 4G network. The importance of these applications is out in the open as Jio’s network went down again yesterday. This wasn’t the first time it has happened. The telco’s network was down for almost eight hours... Read More
Facebook-owned social media giant WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow admins to delete messages for all users of the group. Right now, each individual can only delete a message sent by another user in a group for him/herself only; this includes admins as well. But very soon, WhatsApp could add support for admins to delete the messages of another user in the group for everyone.... Read More
WhatsApp, one of the biggest social media platforms in the world might soon make its users very happy by introducing one of the most demanded features. WhatsApp is currently testing the chat import feature from Android to iOS so that users can access their chat history of WhatsApp when they shift from an Android smartphone to an iPhone. Currently, WhatsApp doesn’t offer an in-house solution or feature that allows the... Read More
Facebook-owned social media giant WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature to ease user experience. Much recently, WhatsApp was spotted testing an in-app chat support feature. It is expected to allow users to report any problems or get help from support directly through a chat window. Note that this is not the first time WhatsApp is testing something like this. The company had earlier tested a similar feature on... Read More
One feature that WhatsApp missed was the provision to listen to the voice messages in the background. Now WhatsApp appears to be on the verge of introducing it, which would allow users to listen to voice chats or recordings in the background, rather than being limited to the chat window. So far, users can only listen to WhatsApp voice chats if they keep the associated chat window open. The voice... Read More
The social media messaging platform WhatsApp has recently released two new features for iOS beta users related to app notifications. WhatsApp has always been on its toes to roll out new updates carrying features that enhance the overall experience of the users. The first feature from WhatsApp will enable users to see profile pictures via the notifications, and the second feature will exhibit information when someone mentions or replies to... Read More
WhatsApp, owned by Meta, is used by millions of Indians. Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, is working with Meta to introduce a prepaid recharge facility through WhatsApp to a wide number of users. Speaking at Meta’s annual event, Fuel for India 2021, Akash Ambani, Director and Head of Strategy, Reliance Jio and Isha Ambani, Director, Reliance Retail, spoke about how the partnership with Meta is helping Reliance... Read More
Popular messaging platform WhatsApp has announced a financial inclusion program for India. The program, launched as a part of scaling up its financial payment business in the country, intends to encourage digital payments among people across all segments, especially the users from rural India. In Meta’s annual event, Fuel for India 2021, WhatsApp said that it had familiarised villagers from 500 villages across Karnataka and Maharashtra to sign up for... Read More
The social messaging platform WhatsApp still remains one of the most dominating messaging apps in the market even after being challenged by its contemporaries such as Telegram or Signal. One of the reasons is the wide range of features that WhatsApp provides which it has been rolling in continuously with regular updates. There are a lot of features that remain hidden in WhatsApp which even the oldest of the user... Read More
If you didn’t already know, WhatsApp has brought in a feature using which the users can make their messages disappear after a certain period of time. WhatsApp provides this WhatsApp Disappearing Messages as an optional feature for its users so as to provide enhanced privacy options. The messaging platform giant has provided the information that users can make their messages disappear for a period of 24 hours, seven days, or... Read More
The Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has banned over two million (2,069,000 to be precise) Indian accounts in October, reveals a compliance report published by the company. The company also received more than 500 grievance reports to address. Over 95% of the bans are due to the unauthorized use of automated or bulk messaging/spam. Among the 500+ grievances report WhatsApp received, 146 were for account support, 248 were ban appeal, 53... Read More
WhatsApp, one of the leading texting and social media applications in the world, is gaining market in the online payments space as well. The Meta owned messaging platform can now add up to 40 million users for its payments service. The development was first reported by PTI, which said the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has allowed WhatsApp to double its user base for online payments service to 40... Read More
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