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WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature to allow admins to delete messages from group members, which is expected to arrive in an upcoming beta version of WhatsApp for iOS and Android. Rival Telegram already supports such a feature to remove members’ messages, while a screenshot shared by a feature tracker shows a placeholder message on WhatsA...

WhatsApp for iOS has been updated with the ability to let iPhone users pause and resume while recording voice messages. The update also brings support for Focus Mode and enables users on iOS 15 and later versions to view group and profile photos in notifications.

WhatsApp Desktop beta has added the ability to pause and resume voice recordings on the desktop version of the popular encrypted messaging service. Users can now listen to their recordings and pause or resume them, before deleting or resuming recording. The feature was introduced on WhatsApp beta for iOS in October 2021 and is yet to be brought to ...

WhatsApp is testing a feature that allows users to contact the Meta-owned messaging app, and receive a response inside the app. The service will collect some technical information about the device WhatsApp is installed on, then respond to users in a chat. The service is also testing animated heart emoji to animate emoji of all colours like the anim...

WhatsApp is reportedly getting new features for its Android and desktop apps. For the former, the messaging app is said to add new drawing tools, while the latter is said to get a new colour scheme.

WhatsApp message reactions have been reported for a while and a new report suggests that the global rollout for the feature may happen soon. WhatsApp beta for iOS is currently receiving an update that will bring the message reactions settings toggles for individual and group chats.

iOS 15.2.1 and iPadOS 15.2.1 have been released by Apple for all compatible iPhone and iPad models as a minor update that fixes a known denial-of-service vulnerability existing in HomeKit.

WhatsApp has started beta testing the global voice message player on iOS. The feature allows voice messages to play back in the background and lets users continue to listen to their voice messages even when they switch from one chat to another.

WhatsApp has been spotted testing a global voice message feature on Android that would let users continue to listen to voice messages even when they move out of a particular chat thread. The background voice message experience may also reach iOS — alongside Android.

Signal's Founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike said in a blog post on Monday that he will step down and WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton will become the interim CEO.

WhatsApp Business is testing an update that helps users filter their searches and easily find messages that are sent by people in their contacts list and others. Separately, WhatsApp is found to have plans to create a group when you would create a community that may allow community admins to share messages with their communities.

Reddit, whose message boards became central to meme stock trading frenzy in 2021, is tapping Wall Street banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs for its IPO, a source familiar with the matter said.

Clubhouse on Friday announced that it is now allowing people to listen to conversations taking place on the platform without requiring them to download its app or log in. Separately, Clubhouse is bringing an option to let users share sessions they are attending on the app to any social media network or via a messaging app.

Donald Trump's new media venture plans to launch its social media app Truth Social on February 21, according to an Apple App Store listing.

The Delhi High Court extended the time for filing replies by Facebook and WhatsApp to two notices issued to them by CCI which has ordered a probe into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy.

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature to allow admins to delete messages from group members, which is expected to arrive in an upcoming beta version of WhatsApp for iOS and Android. Rival Telegram already supports such a feature to remove members’ messages, while a screenshot shared by a feature tracker shows a placeholder message on WhatsA...

WhatsApp for iOS has been updated with the ability to let iPhone users pause and resume while recording voice messages. The update also brings support for Focus Mode and enables users on iOS 15 and later versions to view group and profile photos in notifications.

WhatsApp Desktop beta has added the ability to pause and resume voice recordings on the desktop version of the popular encrypted messaging service. Users can now listen to their recordings and pause or resume them, before deleting or resuming recording. The feature was introduced on WhatsApp beta for iOS in October 2021 and is yet to be brought to ...

WhatsApp is testing a feature that allows users to contact the Meta-owned messaging app, and receive a response inside the app. The service will collect some technical information about the device WhatsApp is installed on, then respond to users in a chat. The service is also testing animated heart emoji to animate emoji of all colours like the anim...

WhatsApp is reportedly getting new features for its Android and desktop apps. For the former, the messaging app is said to add new drawing tools, while the latter is said to get a new colour scheme.

WhatsApp message reactions have been reported for a while and a new report suggests that the global rollout for the feature may happen soon. WhatsApp beta for iOS is currently receiving an update that will bring the message reactions settings toggles for individual and group chats.

iOS 15.2.1 and iPadOS 15.2.1 have been released by Apple for all compatible iPhone and iPad models as a minor update that fixes a known denial-of-service vulnerability existing in HomeKit.

WhatsApp has started beta testing the global voice message player on iOS. The feature allows voice messages to play back in the background and lets users continue to listen to their voice messages even when they switch from one chat to another.

WhatsApp has been spotted testing a global voice message feature on Android that would let users continue to listen to voice messages even when they move out of a particular chat thread. The background voice message experience may also reach iOS — alongside Android.

Signal's Founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike said in a blog post on Monday that he will step down and WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton will become the interim CEO.

WhatsApp Business is testing an update that helps users filter their searches and easily find messages that are sent by people in their contacts list and others. Separately, WhatsApp is found to have plans to create a group when you would create a community that may allow community admins to share messages with their communities.

Reddit, whose message boards became central to meme stock trading frenzy in 2021, is tapping Wall Street banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs for its IPO, a source familiar with the matter said.

Clubhouse on Friday announced that it is now allowing people to listen to conversations taking place on the platform without requiring them to download its app or log in. Separately, Clubhouse is bringing an option to let users share sessions they are attending on the app to any social media network or via a messaging app.

Donald Trump's new media venture plans to launch its social media app Truth Social on February 21, according to an Apple App Store listing.

The Delhi High Court extended the time for filing replies by Facebook and WhatsApp to two notices issued to them by CCI which has ordered a probe into the instant messaging app’s new privacy policy.