News & Reviews:   Whatsapp

Last year, Facebook announced its plans to put ads in WhatsApp sometime in 2020. It was thought that the plan was dropped earlier this year when the company disbanded the team working on the project, but it seems like that may not be the case. A recent report indicated that Facebook is still looking to implement ads into WhatsApp in the future.

In this short announcement, we reported that WhatsApp will have new updated group video and voice call feature. This new update will now allow 8 people in total to join now you may see the new update now in the Apple App Store. At the moment, Android doesn't have the new update yet. 

Ever since WhatsApp implemented new changes to forwarding messages back in early April, it has been reported that there has been a huge effect globally. According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)'s report, forwarded messages (which is usually made up of fake news and speculations) have been reduced to 70%! 

Update - We just got a new update the new WhatsApp video call upgrade will be increased to 8 participators. Currently in beta mode, only testers can try it out on both iOS and Android. It will take some time for the official update to roll out globally. 

Based on a statement by wabetainfo.com, it seems that WhatsApp could with a feature which allows more than 4 participants in a single video or audio call at the same time. This is particularly useful especially during the COVID-19 outbreak, as many of us are stuck at home in order to reduce the chance of getting infected.

Earlier today, Tesco has recently announced that they have introduced the Order & Collect service where you can place orders for essential items via WhatsApp and Tesco will have it ready for you to collect on the same day. However, it is best to note that the Tesco will only take the first 100 orders a day and you can only order up to 25 items at one go.

It's not uncommon for many people to receive quick news on their WhatsApp group chats nowadays. In fact, during this Movement Control Order period, some of your uncles and aunties got the news faster than the official ones. With this, we were informed that WhatsApp have just introduced a new limit on forwarding messages.

While the frontliners are continuing their battle against COVID-19, we are also battling against fake news that spreads faster than the virus itself through chain messages in WhatsApp by your naive friends and family. Today, we will put two rumours to an end once and for all, as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) - hot weather will not prevent COVID-19 and being infected does not mean you're destined to die. 

WhatsApp is undeniably one of the most used social messaging apps in the world, but if there's one thing that everyone can agree on - the app is unable to support multiple devices with the same number or account. This happens a lot especially when Apple iPhone users switch to Android or vice versa, where the user will lose all the chat history and media files. But that could change.

The World Health Organization has tweeted posted a tweet on its Twitter account, stating that you can get updates regarding COVID-19 by messaging their WhatsApp bot. All you need to do is add the bot via the number +41 79 893 18 92 and then type join in the WhatsApp chat then it’ll send you a list of commands you can input in order to receive information regarding the outbreak.

Based on a statement by AndroidHeadlines, it seems that WhatsApp by Facebook will most likely come with self-destructing messages which will delete themselves within an hour or up to a year. With that said, the aforementioned feature is expected to be available only on private chats while group chats will not have it.