As Facebookpoints out in the announcement, WhatsApp already uses end-to-end encryption for chats stored on your phone. So WhatsApp has begun slowly adding the feature. Only you or someone with your password or encryption key will be able to view those backups. Julia_Sudnitskaya / Getty Images Then you just have to wait until the option reaches you. Westend61 / Getty Images
WhatsApp on Thursday launched a business directory feature in Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico and the UK, bringing it a step closer to enabling end-to-end purchasing within the messaging app. At the WhatsApp Business Summit in Sao Paulo, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled search and directory options that allow users to browse businesses by category or search by name. Meta, which owns WhatsApp, is working with several partners in the country – including Cielo, Brazil’s largest credit card company – to bring full shopping functionality to the app after regulatory hurdles are cleared....
Windows and Mac users can join just by installing the latest beta version WhatsApp has opened its own public beta program for the WhatsApp desktop app, which lets Mac and Windows users help with testing out new features. WhatsApphas been available for computers in bothweb and app forms, but this is the first time the desktop version has seen a public beta. So if you’ve always wanted to try out new WhatsApp features before everyone else or help track down software bugs, this is your chance!...
WhatsApp has started offering secure cloud backups within WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.21.15.5, according toEngadget. The app developer just started rolling out the feature to the beta last week. It’s unclear when the company plans to reenable it. Francesco Carta fotografo / Getty According toWABetaInfo, the feature could be enabled from the apps configs on Android devices that have received it. When enabled, WhatsApp would automatically back up any conversations you have to the cloud using end-to-end encryption....
WhatsApp is solving this issue by giving each non-phone equipment its own identity key. WhatsApp currently gives users one identity key for their phone to handle encrypted messages. Even metadata is kept. Getty Images Getty Images
According toWABetaInfo, WhatsApp has been sharing new privacy measures with users. Getty Images/d3sign
WhatsApp also will provide a real-time estimate of how much storage is left in the backup. This is theresult of a dealthe two companies made back in 2018. WhatsApp postulates that Google will change this deal and have user backups count on Drive again. Westend61/Getty Images In response, WhatsApp is creating the new feature to give users more options for backup storage. d3sign/Getty Images In the past, Googlehas changed storage offerings that were once unlimited, such as Google Photos....
No more automatic compression WhatsApp will let users share better quality photos and videos in a future app update.
WhatsApp announced the changes in anew FAQ. According toBleepingComputer, these limits start off with restricting access to your chat list. Unfortunately, the concerns about WhatsApp deleting your account are not completely gone. WhatsApp The companyscurrent inactivity policystates that it will kick in after 120 days. If the account is inactive for that long, then it will be deleted completely. The company claims it will not share messaging datalike conversation logswith Facebook....
Wanna chat with 128 of your closest friends on WhatsApp? WhatsApp hasmade a group voice chat feature availablethat allows you to chat with more people. It works a little differently from a group call in a couple of ways. First, there’s no ringing involved. And now you could chat with even more people. Then just tap the voice chat button (it looks like a sound wave). An in-chat notification is sent to the group and others can tap the notification to join the chat....
However, unfortunately, that is not the case." WhatsApp also doesnt notify senders if a screenshot of their message has been taken. WhatsApp There are ways for WhatsApp to address the screenshot loophole, though. Peter Cade / Getty Images For example, Netflix blocks screenshots by making the screen blank the moment of the screenshot. This prevents screenshots on their app." “The system should alert the senders that their messages have been captured....
Meta confirmed the release in an email to Lifewire. Meta Meta says the new Wear OS WhatsApp app can be used without a smartphone. This includes starting new messages, responding to existing ones, and taking calls. Meta WhatsApp rolls out to Wear OS compatible smartwatches starting today, specifically for Wear OS 3.0 and later. Tim Robberts / Getty Images
And the nerds are goingnutsfor it. The bad news is that if you pre-order today, you won’t get one until 2023. Old Gold The Analogue Pocket has plenty of modern updates. Analogue It has four face buttons, not two, and a pair of shoulder buttons on the back. But the real draw is the beautiful screen. The game mechanic was already perfect. Analogue The same goes for other old titles....
