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Ensuring data privacy is important, but not for big companies that only see data as a way to sell more ads. In fact, Meta recently announced a change to its privacy policy that will impact how ads are served to users of Meta's many platforms.

Video platforms have various features designed to enhance our visual and audio experience. For instance, you can speed up YouTube videos to quickly go through them. Now, YouTube Premium users are getting additional enhancements that could prove useful.

Today, WhatsApp has launched a new message translation feature aimed at making conversations smoother across languages, without compromising privacy. At the moment, it's not part of the latest WhatsApp update, but it will gradually roll out.

If you're looking for a song, you might be using one of the many music platforms available. Each one has similar features, but one problem some had with Spotify was that free users couldn't listen to a specific track without a shuffled playlist. That's changed with the latest update.

When you're in a group chat, it can sometimes be difficult to track who's talking to whom. This is notable in apps like WhatsApp when someone is replying to a message, while another active conversation is happening. However, WhatsApp has begun testing a solution to this problem.

If you watch live streams often, you may have heard of the concept of 'clipping'. Some platforms, like YouTube and Twitch, offer tools to directly clip videos or live streams shared on the site, while others require third-party software. Netflix has a similar feature that's getting an update.

If you fancy yourself a DJ, Spotify's latest update might be of interest to you. The company has announced a new beta feature for Spotify Premium subscribers. This feature allows users to add custom transitions between tracks.

WhatsApp is experimenting with a bold new feature in its latest Android beta (v2.25.22.13): Guest Chats. As the name suggests, this feature is a way to message people who don’t even have a WhatsApp account.

When travelling, some people watch movies on the plane to pass the time. Others prefer listening to music. The latter would require you to have songs on your device, so you'd rely on offline features for platforms like YouTube Music. The problem is they won't come with lyrics.

What is next for WhatsApp? Well, according to WABetaInfo, there is a new Android beta version 2.25.18.18 in the Google Play Beta program. In the beta, there is a new AI-driven message summarisation feature for select users.