News & Reviews:   Whatsapp

WhatsApp has been adding a lot of features this year and the latest one before ending 2022 is Improved Calling. In this update, the company has added 32 Person Calls, Message or Mute Call Participants and Call Links.

WhatsApp users are allowed to send view-once photos to others. Soon, they'll also be able to send view-once messages. WABetaInfo discovered that the feature is currently in beta testing and could make its way to the global audience in the coming weeks.

Previously, we reported that Avatar is coming soon to WhatsApp and now, lo and behold, the feature is now available on the popular messaging platform. Announced by WhatsApp today, Avatar is a new and personalised way to express oneself on the app.

If you're receiving any suspicious calls or texts recently, it's best that you don't respond to them. The latest source claims 487 million WhatsApp users' mobile numbers are on sale on a well-known hacking community forum. Out of them, there're 11 million numbers belonging to Malaysians.

WhatsApp is currently in the midst of rolling out a new feature to all its users that would allow them to chat with themselves. Aptly called ‘Message Yourself’, the feature was previously spotted on the beta version of WhatsApp by WABetaInfo but has now been officially ported to the full version of the messaging app.

Previously, we reported that Meta is laying off more than 11,000 employees amidst a decline in revenue and now, more details have come out regarding the company’s workforce reduction. One of the more interesting detail that emerged from the whole situation is that Meta had an ongoing project to develop a smartwatch that would compete with the Apple Watch but the development has been scrapped as part of the company’s cost-cutting effort.

WhatsApp has been working on the multi-device support that allows users to use the same WhatsApp account on multiple devices. Until now, the messaging platform might be ready to roll it out to the public, as it has started to appear for some beta testers.

It seems that Meta will be adding a new feature to WhatsApp. The unannounced Avatar feature is not found in our WhatsApp yet but according to sources, here's what we can expect from it.

Back in August, Malaysians were given a chance to test out WhatsApp Communities but that's over now. This is because the function has officially rolled out globally and it was announced by Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg himself. 

WhatsApp is finally rolling out a feature that it announced last month. Call Links, which allows users to join calls through links, will make joining or starting group calls on the messaging platform easy. It's basically similar to the feature we have on popular video-conferencing tools like Google Meet and Zoom.