News & Reviews:   WhatsApp Desktop

MyCERT is now issuing a warning to users in Malaysia to be careful when accessing files received via WhatsApp, especially WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Desktop. MyCerts said there are irresponsible parties targeting local users by sending VBS-formatted files to WhatsApp users. The file will run automatically if opened using WhatsApp Desktop or WhatsApp Web when using the Windows operating system.

If you ever wished you could share a music track with someone during a WhatsApp video call, then your wish may just be granted soon. This is because such a feature is currently in development by the Meta-owned messaging platform.

It's been almost a year since WhatsApp introduced the View Once for photos and videos. Now, the WhatsApp team is reportedly bringing back the feature for the desktop version as it was previously removed last year.

Sometimes, WhatsApp makes you wonder if it's trying to be another app that does everything. The developers have added all sorts of features over the months. And the next one to be rolled out is one called Channels.

Popular messaging platform WhatsApp is currently in the midst of introducing animated emojis to spice up your user experience. Spotted on WhatsApp Desktop beta, users can expect the feature to be ported to the full version of the app in the near future.

While the WhatsApp app has been getting a slew of updates over the months, there's something new for the WhatsApp Desktop version as well. According to Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook post, the team just launched a new update with encrypted video calls. 

Just yesterday, we wrote that WhatsApp was working on adding a Sticker Maker and it's official. Starting today onwards, WhatsApp users can now make their own custom stickers but at the moment, it only works for WhatsApp Web for now.

"Wait a minute...but we already have WhatsApp for desktop, right?" That's what we thought too, but the WhatsApp team is developing something far more than that. In case you didn't know, they are developing a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) for both Windows and macOS.

Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg hinted that multi-device access could be coming to WhatsApp soon. The company had allegedly solved some related technical issues and planned to release the feature soon. Now, we have some more details on it.