Whatsapp Features
-
{
- All
- News
- Videos
-
WhatsApp Could Get a New Contacts Tab With Online Status and Birthday Reminders
WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new Contacts tab. The new feature could help users to find people, see who is online, and access additional features. It could include a green indicator showing contacts who are currently online. The feature is currently under development for Android. Contacts tab could also include shortcuts to other WhatsApp fe...
-
WhatsApp Reportedly Brings Third-Party Agent Chats to iOS Beta Users
WhatsApp is testing third-party agent chats on iOS through beta version 26.37.10.70, according to WABetaInfo. The feature allow users to create agents in WhatsApp and connect them to external services using an API key. Users could create up to five agents and chat with them directly in the app. These conversations do not use end-to-end encryption, ...
-
WhatsApp May Let You Share Custom Wallpapers and Chat Themes With Others
WhatsApp is reportedly testing a chat customisation feature that could let participants use the same theme across a conversation. The proposed option may synchronise wallpapers and chat bubble colours, including custom backgrounds selected from a user's photo library. Users could retain control over their own appearance or choose to share the selec...
-
WhatsApp Could Bring New Theme Categories and Wallpapers to Android
WhatsApp may be expanding its chat customisation tools on Android with a selection of new themes and wallpaper options. According to a feature tracker, the update could organise themes into categories such as Featured, Nature, Live, Minimal and Doodle. Separate wallpaper sections may also include Vibrant and Gradient designs. The reported update co...
-
WhatsApp Reportedly Rolling Out New Search Shortcut for Chats and Channels on iOS
WhatsApp is bringing a new shortcut to its iOS app that lets users search within chats and channels more directly. The option appears while scrolling through a conversation and reportedly opens the existing search mode with a single tap. WhatsApp had previously tested the control at the bottom of the screen but has now moved it to the top. The shor...
-
WhatsApp May Launch a Guest Calls Feature, Allowing People Without an Account to Join Calls
WhatsApp is said to be working on a guest call feature. This could let users reach non-WhatsApp users through secure links, enabling simple end-to-end encrypted calling without app installation. This functionality is said to be built on WhatsApp's existing guest chat mechanism. This could allow WhatsApp users to call people who do not use the messa...
-
WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Third-Party AI Agent Chats. Here's How It Works
Official WhatsApp documents confirm the third-party agent system, while beta testing reports suggest the feature could soon become easier for users to access.
-
WhatsApp Reportedly Rolling Out Third-Party AI Agent Chats to Android Users
WhatsApp could soon allow users to bring compatible third-party agents into the messaging platform. A new Agents section reportedly lets users configure services, with support for up to five agents and API keys used to establish their connections. Each service would have a separate conversation and access only to messages shared there. However, the...
-
WhatsApp Could Soon Show Warning for Unofficial Web Clients
WhatsApp recently teased an upcoming Scam Alert feature. Now, the Meta-owned platform seems to be working on another privacy-focused feature to protect users from unofficial clients web. The messaging platform is said to be testing a new warning for Android users that appears when they connect their account through an unofficial WhatsApp Web client...
-
WhatsApp's Scam Alert Feature Arrives for Android Beta Users: Report
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out the Scam Alert feature to a limited number of Android beta testers with version 2.26.34.1. This functionality runs an on-device machine learning model to alert users about potential scam messages. It is an optional feature, and when the model identifies a message as a likely scam attempt, the user sees a warning i...
-
WhatsApp Gets Advanced Passkey, 2FA and Call Screening Features to Enhance Security, Privacy
WhatsApp has announced that more than one billion users have enabled passkeys for their WhatsApp accounts. Adding to this, the tech giant says that users who have their WhatsApp accounts logged in on both Android and iOS can now add more than one passkey to their account. On top of this, the instant messaging platform has added a new ability to its...
-
WhatsApp Could Soon Let You Expand Photos to 9:16 Format on Android Using Meta AI
WhatsApp is said to be working on a new AI-powered photo expansion feature in the drawing editor that will allow users to expand a photo to the 9:16 format using Meta AI. The feature was reportedly spotted in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.26.33.2. The expansion tool could be available in the drawing editor. To expand a photo, users will need to...
-
WhatsApp May Soon Let iOS Users Add Animated Wallpapers to Chat Themes
WhatsApp is reportedly testing new chat themes with animated wallpapers on iOS. It is said to be available in the WhatsApp beta for iOS 26.31.10.74 update, which is available on the TestFlight programme. It could include Featured, Doodle, and Minimal categories for chat themes. The Featured themes category is said to include animated wallpapers.
-
WhatsApp Rolls Out Primary Device Support on iPad, Tests New Setup Screen for Android Tablets: Report
WABetaInfo reports that WhatsApp is introducing a new registration experience for tablets across iPad and Android. The iPad version reportedly supports direct account registration with passkey authentication, while Android tablets are testing a simplified setup screen for choosing between companion mode and primary device registration. The changes ...
-
WhatsApp Now Lets You Reserve Your Username Before the Much-Anticipated Feature Goes Live
WhatsApp has begun rolling out username reservations ahead of the wider launch of usernames later this year. The feature will let users connect without sharing their phone numbers and includes privacy measures such as an optional username key for first-time contacts. WhatsApp says there will be no public username directory or suggestions. The compa...
-
WhatsApp Could Get a New Contacts Tab With Online Status and Birthday Reminders
WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new Contacts tab. The new feature could help users to find people, see who is online, and access additional features. It could include a green indicator showing contacts who are currently online. The feature is currently under development for Android. Contacts tab could also include shortcuts to other WhatsApp fe...
-
WhatsApp Reportedly Brings Third-Party Agent Chats to iOS Beta Users
WhatsApp is testing third-party agent chats on iOS through beta version 26.37.10.70, according to WABetaInfo. The feature allow users to create agents in WhatsApp and connect them to external services using an API key. Users could create up to five agents and chat with them directly in the app. These conversations do not use end-to-end encryption, ...
-
WhatsApp May Let You Share Custom Wallpapers and Chat Themes With Others
WhatsApp is reportedly testing a chat customisation feature that could let participants use the same theme across a conversation. The proposed option may synchronise wallpapers and chat bubble colours, including custom backgrounds selected from a user's photo library. Users could retain control over their own appearance or choose to share the selec...
-
WhatsApp Could Bring New Theme Categories and Wallpapers to Android
WhatsApp may be expanding its chat customisation tools on Android with a selection of new themes and wallpaper options. According to a feature tracker, the update could organise themes into categories such as Featured, Nature, Live, Minimal and Doodle. Separate wallpaper sections may also include Vibrant and Gradient designs. The reported update co...
-
WhatsApp Reportedly Rolling Out New Search Shortcut for Chats and Channels on iOS
WhatsApp is bringing a new shortcut to its iOS app that lets users search within chats and channels more directly. The option appears while scrolling through a conversation and reportedly opens the existing search mode with a single tap. WhatsApp had previously tested the control at the bottom of the screen but has now moved it to the top. The shor...
-
WhatsApp May Launch a Guest Calls Feature, Allowing People Without an Account to Join Calls
WhatsApp is said to be working on a guest call feature. This could let users reach non-WhatsApp users through secure links, enabling simple end-to-end encrypted calling without app installation. This functionality is said to be built on WhatsApp's existing guest chat mechanism. This could allow WhatsApp users to call people who do not use the messa...
-
WhatsApp Starts Rolling Out Third-Party AI Agent Chats. Here's How It Works
Official WhatsApp documents confirm the third-party agent system, while beta testing reports suggest the feature could soon become easier for users to access.
-
WhatsApp Reportedly Rolling Out Third-Party AI Agent Chats to Android Users
WhatsApp could soon allow users to bring compatible third-party agents into the messaging platform. A new Agents section reportedly lets users configure services, with support for up to five agents and API keys used to establish their connections. Each service would have a separate conversation and access only to messages shared there. However, the...
-
WhatsApp Could Soon Show Warning for Unofficial Web Clients
WhatsApp recently teased an upcoming Scam Alert feature. Now, the Meta-owned platform seems to be working on another privacy-focused feature to protect users from unofficial clients web. The messaging platform is said to be testing a new warning for Android users that appears when they connect their account through an unofficial WhatsApp Web client...
-
WhatsApp's Scam Alert Feature Arrives for Android Beta Users: Report
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out the Scam Alert feature to a limited number of Android beta testers with version 2.26.34.1. This functionality runs an on-device machine learning model to alert users about potential scam messages. It is an optional feature, and when the model identifies a message as a likely scam attempt, the user sees a warning i...
-
WhatsApp Gets Advanced Passkey, 2FA and Call Screening Features to Enhance Security, Privacy
WhatsApp has announced that more than one billion users have enabled passkeys for their WhatsApp accounts. Adding to this, the tech giant says that users who have their WhatsApp accounts logged in on both Android and iOS can now add more than one passkey to their account. On top of this, the instant messaging platform has added a new ability to its...
-
WhatsApp Could Soon Let You Expand Photos to 9:16 Format on Android Using Meta AI
WhatsApp is said to be working on a new AI-powered photo expansion feature in the drawing editor that will allow users to expand a photo to the 9:16 format using Meta AI. The feature was reportedly spotted in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.26.33.2. The expansion tool could be available in the drawing editor. To expand a photo, users will need to...
-
WhatsApp May Soon Let iOS Users Add Animated Wallpapers to Chat Themes
WhatsApp is reportedly testing new chat themes with animated wallpapers on iOS. It is said to be available in the WhatsApp beta for iOS 26.31.10.74 update, which is available on the TestFlight programme. It could include Featured, Doodle, and Minimal categories for chat themes. The Featured themes category is said to include animated wallpapers.
-
WhatsApp Rolls Out Primary Device Support on iPad, Tests New Setup Screen for Android Tablets: Report
WABetaInfo reports that WhatsApp is introducing a new registration experience for tablets across iPad and Android. The iPad version reportedly supports direct account registration with passkey authentication, while Android tablets are testing a simplified setup screen for choosing between companion mode and primary device registration. The changes ...
-
WhatsApp Now Lets You Reserve Your Username Before the Much-Anticipated Feature Goes Live
WhatsApp has begun rolling out username reservations ahead of the wider launch of usernames later this year. The feature will let users connect without sharing their phone numbers and includes privacy measures such as an optional username key for first-time contacts. WhatsApp says there will be no public username directory or suggestions. The compa...
