News & Reviews:   WhatsApp Malaysia

Some people love WhatsApp Web for its convenience, while some might be discouraged because of its QR feature. In one of its recent updates, the WhatsApp team have enabled the WhatsApp Web to be linked to your phone number for a better user experience.

Muslims in Malaysia and all around the globe are set to welcome the holy month of Ramadan tomorrow, a time for reflection and togetherness. In conjunction with the festivities, popular messaging platform WhatsApp has shared several tips and ideas on how to use the app to create new memories with loved ones this Ramadan below:

Popular messaging platform WhatsApp is currently testing out a new feature on its app in regards to group chats. Spotted on the latest version of WhatsApp beta for iOS, users can now see past participants of their groups at the group info section

WhatsApp is currently rolling out a new feature for its group chat that gives administrators the power to delete messages sent by their group participants. The ability will remove the message for everyone in the group, essentially enabling for better moderation in group chats against unwanted messages.

One of the most popular messaging platforms in the world, WhatsApp has recently announced a few new features on its app in regards to group calls. With its latest update, WhatsApp users can now mute others, message specific people and see a banner when someone joins offscreen during group calls on the app.

One of the most popular messaging platforms in the world, WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that is sure to make users that are prone to typos happy. Get this, the messaging app is working on the ability to edit text messages after they have already been sent!

Popular messaging app WhatsApp may be adding a new way to to find updates and interact with all your group chats within a single tab. Called the ‘Communities’ tab, it is currently being tested by the platform on its latest beta version on both iOS and Android.

So, what is this communities tab all about? Well, it is basically a tab to view all your WhatsApp groups together. From the look of it, the tab is also replacing the camera tab currently found on the latest version of WhatsApp.

WhatsApp, by far the most used messaging app in Malaysia is facing some stiff competition from its rivals, especially from Telegram. In fact, back in January 2021, a lot of WhatsApp users made the switch to Telegram after the former’s questionable change in privacy policy.

More than a year later, the Meta-owned messaging app is now trying to retain as well as win over users back again with a slew of new features currently in the works. These include message reactions, polls, true multi-device support and the ability to send files up to 2GB in size.

WhatsApp may potentially be adding a new restriction in future versions of the app which limits users from mass forwarding messages. Spotted in the latest Google Play Beta Program version of the messaging app, the new restriction will only allow messages to be forwarded to just one group chat at a time, presumably in order to curb the spread of misinformation and fake news. 

Shared by WABetaInfo, the 2.22.7.2 version of the WhatsApp Google Play Beta Program will mark a message that has previously been forwarded. Moreover, it would then not be possible to forward it to more than one group chat at a time.

WhatsApp has been extensively working on new features recently as we already saw the new voice previews and group chat features. Today, the company is now testing a new uncomplicated visual feature to remind users that their chat and calls are encrypted.