App To Manage Contacts

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  WhatsApp Will Soon Let You Add a 'Close Friends' Status, Just Like Instagram: Report

  WhatsApp may soon let users share Status updates with a Close Friends list, offering more privacy and control over who can view certain posts. WABetaInfo spotted the feature in an Android beta build, though it remains under development with no release timeline confirmed. The option could work alongside custom contact lists, allowing users to manage...

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  WhatsApp Might Soon Let Parents Control Who Minors Interact With

  WhatsApp is reportedly working on parental controls through new secondary accounts designed for minors. These accounts would limit interactions to saved contacts and allow parents to manage privacy settings and receive activity updates. Importantly, parents would not be able to view messages or call details, suggesting WhatsApp is trying to balance...

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  WhatsApp Rolling Out Media Hub to Easily Browse Shared Images, Videos and More Shared Across Chat: Report

  WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new Media Hub feature for a limited number of users on WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp for Mac. This feature works like a centralised hub for all media shared across chats. This feature could help in content discovery and improve overall media management on the platform. It allows users to find recent media files by s...

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  WhatsApp for Android Said to Be Developing Username Keys to Help Users Avoid Unsolicited Messages

  WhatsApp for Android might be developing a new feature that comes with several privacy benefits. Dubbed Username keys, there are two parts to this feature, a WhatsApp tracker revealed. The first part is the username itself, which is said to replace the need to share one’s number when sharing their WhatsApp account. The second is Username keys, wh...

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  WhatsApp Will Soon Make It Easier to Add or Manage Contacts on Web and Other Linked Devices

  WhatsApp has announced that it will soon roll out a big change that will make managing contacts on linked devices an easier process. At present, users need to save a contact on their primary device for it to show up on WhatsApp with the saved name. However, this is now expected to change, following the announcement. Users will be able to add or man...

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  WhatsApp Developing Phone Contact Sync Toggle for Linked Devices: Report

  WhatsApp for Android may be testing a new privacy-related feature for the management of synced contacts, according to claims by a feature tracker. It aims to add functionality to the multi-account feature which lets users use two WhatsApp accounts on the same device without using parallel apps. With this change, users may be given the choice of how...

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  Microsoft Copilot Reportedly Tests Ability to Perform Tasks on Windows 11-Linked Android Phones

  Microsoft Copilot has reportedly received a new update that gives it the capability of managing certain tasks on a linked Android smartphone. There are some criteria to adhere to before the feature can work as per the report, but after setting it up correctly, users can ask the AI to send a text message or summarise messages in the inbox. The featu...

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  Aarogya Setu Data From Kerala Not Shared With US Technology Firm, MoS IT Says

  Aarogya Setu data pertaining to Kerala was not shared with a US-based technology firm authorised to collate, collect, and manage and handle health data of people in the state, according to Minister of State for Information and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. He also stated that data collected by the contact tracing app up to May 10 last year, had ...

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  Google Contacts Gets New Highlight Tab on Android: All Details

  Google is rolling out the new Highlights feature to its Contacts app. Android users can see a new tab in the bottom bar of the app. This new feature makes it easy to find all your favorites and recent contact searches. The new tab appears between ‘Contacts’ and ‘Fix and Manage’.

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  Instagram Direct Adds Customisable Privacy Controls for Replaying Private Messages

  Instagram Direct adds "View Once", "Allow Replay", and "Keep in Chat" enabling users to set different access options for different friends.