Pocket-lint - WhatsApp

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 01:00:16 GMT

Don't get it twisted: too much of a good thing can exist, and that includes group chats. One overactive group of friends is enough to roll your eyes, but add on a work chat, a class chat, or even a gaming chat all at once, and it's enough to make you want to pull your hair out.

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Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:55:44 GMT

If you're a WhatsApp user with an Apple Watch, your experience using the app is about to improve at last. After years of not having a native Apple Watch app and instead relying on the Apple Watch's built-in notification system to read and reply to messages, Meta has officially launched a watchOS version of WhatsApp.

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Sun, 25 May 2025 15:00:17 GMT

The most popular messaging app in the world is WhatsApp, which shouldn't be a surprise -- Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms and both companies are owned by Meta. It's a free messaging app that anyone can use, and it works with any smartphone operating system, so you don't just have to have an Android or an iPhone.

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Fri, 14 Feb 2025 01:00:16 GMT

Anyone with a long commute knows how boring it is. Who wants to spend hours stuck in traffic with nothing to do? Not me. Fortunately, most new vehicles come with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as standard, mirroring your phone to your car screen -- and it's often better than the native infotainment system. However, many people don't know how to use Apple CarPlay to its full potential.

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Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:43:05 GMT

Meta is making it possible to bring your Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp accounts even closer together. The company announced that it's now possible to add WhatsApp to Accounts Center, the company's one-stop shop for managing how your information is used across Meta's platforms, which will let you adjust your settings in one convenient place and share status updates across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp all at once.

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Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:45:28 GMT

Meta is updating WhatsApp with some fun new ways to spice up your chats and make messaging more efficient. The popular messaging app will now have new camera effects, stickers, and a shortcut for reacting to messages.

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Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:20:07 GMT

Meta has confirmed that it has closed over two million accounts across WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook as it seeks to better stop criminal behavior from engaging in its services. According to Meta, this massive account deactivation is part of its efforts to be more proactive in its fight against organized crime.

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Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:40:31 GMT

These days, there are a wide variety of instant messaging and texting services available to choose from, each with their own established user base and set of features. Popular services include WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, iMessage, Telegram, and Signal, among others.

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Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:19:52 GMT

WhatsApp is a lot of people's go-to messaging app. It's especially useful for communicating with people around the world and for group chats. If you're like me, and your WhatsApp is a bit disorganized, then this new feature rolling out will be extremely helpful to you.

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Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:00:13 GMT

WhatsApp has announced that it is adding some new features to WhatsApp video calls that will help the messaging app catch up with rivals such as Zoom and Google Meet. WhatsApp will soon be offering a selection of filters and backgrounds that you can use during video calls on the app. Filters will change the look of your video without obscuring any of the content, but backgrounds can be used to hide everything that's behind you, so you don't have to worry about being judged on your clutter. These are features that are already available in rival apps such as Zoom, but WhatsApp is bringing them to an app that tends to be used more for social than work-related video calls.

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