WhatsApp’s self-chat feature now rolling out to beta users: How it works

WhatsApp’s self-chat feature now rolling out to beta users: How it works

WhatsApp has been working on a new ‘self-chat’ feature for some time, and it seems the addition is now finally rolling out to some WhatsApp users on the beta channel. The new feature allows users to chat with themselves, effectively creating a single-person chat window where they can store important messages or files for easy […]

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WhatsApp: How to backup all your images, videos and GIFs offline on Android

WhatsApp: How to backup all your images, videos and GIFs offline on Android

WhatsApp is one of the world’s most used messaging platforms and given how it is the backbone of communications in India, you have likely accumulated a sizeable amount of media data on the platform  This could include images, videos, GIFs and also documents. While WhatsApp does offer a Google Drive or iCloud (for iPhones) backup […]

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Morning Digest | November 4, 2022

Morning Digest | November 4, 2022

Netanyahu makes comeback as Israel’s PM, Lapid concedes defeat Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won this week’s Israeli election, final results showed Thursday, clearing the way for him to return to power. Mr. Netanyahu expected to form the country’s most right-wing government in history when he takes power, likely in the coming weeks. Prime […]

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WhatsApp Communities: What it is, how to create a community and more

WhatsApp Communities: What it is, how to create a community and more

WhatsApp’s Communities is finally live for users. The new feature allows multiple WhatsApp groups to be formed under a larger parent group or community. Here’s all you need to know about Communities, how it will work and how you can use the feature. What is the WhatsApp Communities feature? WhatsApp Communities allows admins to club […]

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WhatsApp starts global roll out of Communities feature, groups can now support 1024 users

WhatsApp starts global roll out of Communities feature, groups can now support 1024 users

WhatsApp’s Communities feature will start rolling out globally for all user. Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the announcement in a post. WhatsApp is also increasing the number of users in a group to 1024 and adding new updates to groups including in-chat polls and 32-person video calling. It should be noted that the […]

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A look at the most common types of WhatsApp scams and how to avoid them

A look at the most common types of WhatsApp scams and how to avoid them

Getting a lot of work-from-home job offers on WhatsApp lately, with a salary of Rs 20,000 for just a day’s work? If your first thought was that it’s too good to be true, then you’re right. These texts are nothing but a part of an increasingly popular campaign by fraudsters designed to steal your money. […]

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WhatsApp won’t let you send or open ‘View Once’ messages on Desktop soon

WhatsApp won’t let you send or open ‘View Once’ messages on Desktop soon

WhatsApp’s ‘View Once’ messages is one of the app’s best features when it comes to privacy, allowing users to send private pictures or other media that can only be seen once before they’re virtually self-destructed. The feature also added another layer of privacy earlier this year when screenshots were blocked from ‘View Once’ messages. However, […]

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WhatsApp may finally let you forward media with text captions

WhatsApp may finally let you forward media with text captions

WhatsApp’s handy ability to forward media files is perhaps one of the app’s most used features on iOS as well as Android. The feature lets you quickly forward any pictures, videos and GIFs that you receive from one account to another. However, these forwarded messages could never include any original text caption. That could change […]

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If WhatsApp is temporarily unavailable, here are five alternative messaging apps to consider

If WhatsApp is temporarily unavailable, here are five alternative messaging apps to consider

WhatsApp suffered a major outage today preventing users from sending texts on personal and group chats. Outage detection website DownDetector saw millions of reports since the downtime, with disgruntled users also taking to social platforms like Twitter to complain. Seeing the increase in the frequency of such outages lately, users might want to consider switching […]

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