Messaging platform WhatsApp is allegedly working on a proper desktop application. It is being reported that the Facebook-owned platform is currently working with Microsoft. If it turns out to be true, then a WhatsApp Windows app could be launched soon.
Messaging platform WhatsApp has launched a lot of new features recently. This has been done to improve user experience. Now the company has released a new feature for both Android and iOS smartphone users, called Predicted Upload. It makes it easier and faster for people to send and upload images to their contacts.
Messaging platform WhatsApp has begun to roll out group audio calls feature for iPhone users. WhatsApp group audio call feature will facilitate users to make calls to multiple contacts through the app. Moreover, for Android users, the app has introduced a ‘Select All’ feature which lets a user mark all the new messages as archived or read in a single tap.
Facebook-owned social networking service Instagram has introduced a new mute feature. In this new Instagram mute feature, if you don’t want to see someone’s post on your feed, you can mute it. The feature is somewhat similar to WhatsApp’s mute function.
Messaging platform Whatsapp was expected to be soon equipped with group video calling feature. On May 1st, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg announced during Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference that WhatsApp would soon be equipped with group video calling feature. The Whatsapp group video calling feature has been spotted by WABeta Info. It has reached some users on both Android and iOS versions.
It is widely reported that messaging platform WhatsApp is now affected by two bugs. These WhatsApp bugs make the application crash or could even crash a smartphone totally. The first WhatsApp bug is veiled in a message. The message reads, “This is very interesting (emoji)…Read more”. The text doesn’t indicate at all that it contains something malicious. When a user taps on “Read More”, it freezes the application.
Facebook has been facing a lot of complaints and issues regarding its data privacy rules. The new data privacy rules coming into force next month has led to Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp raising minimum age requirement from 13 years to 16 years in Europe.
