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WhatsApp rolling out new text editor for beta testers on Android beta

Beta users can change the text background colour, making it simpler for them to differentiate important text from the rest

Centre to examine WhatsApp's privacy breach over background mic use

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the Centre would investigate a claim that WhatsApp accessed a user's microphone without his knowledge

WhatsApp's new feature to add, edit contacts within app on Android

Users can check the availability of the feature on their devices by opening the contact list within WhatsApp and selecting the "New Contact" option

WhatsApp's new feature to allow users share status updates to FB Stories

Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new feature, which will allow users to share their status updates to Facebook stories without leaving WhatsApp

WhatsApp bans record over 4.5 million bad accounts in India in February

Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record over 45 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of February, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company informed on Saturday.

WhatsApp rolling out feature to disable multiple answers within polls

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a feature on Windows beta which disables multiple answers within polls

WhatsApp improves readability of messages in community announcement groups

With the new interface, users will be able to read messages easily because the text will be displayed on a wider line

India Post Payments Bank partners Airtel to launch services on WhatsApp

State-owned India Post Payments Bank has partnered with Bharti Airtel to launch banking services through WhatsApp for its customers here, a joint statement said on Friday. The newly launched IPPB WhatsApp Banking channel will enable IPPB customers to connect with the bank on WhatsApp and effortlessly avail a host of banking services, including doorstep service requests and locating the nearest Post Office. "We are delighted to work with Bharti Airtel as our partner in driving digital and financial inclusion in India. We believe that financial services driven by technology have great potential and can go a long way in ensuring that the best financial products reach the farthest corners of the country," IPPB CGM and CSMO Gursharan Rai Bansal said. IPPB has over 4.51 lakh accounts in Delhi. Airtel-IPPB WhatsApp Banking solution is also working on building multi-language support, enabling added convenience to customers, especially to those in the rural parts of the country to access ..

Meta-owned WhatsApp working on new feature 'edit message' on iOS: Report

In addition, it will also improve communication between users as it will offer users a way to ensure that their messages are clear, concise, and error-free

Meta-owned Whatspp's new features to give more power to group admins

These changes follow some updates made over the last few months, including making groups larger, and giving admins the ability to delete messages sent in the groups they manage

New Whatsapp app allows group calls to up to 32 people from your desktop

The social media company aims to position WhatsApp as a platform with a fully end-to-end encrypted messaging experience that allows cross-platform communication

WhatsApp rolling out limit polls to only one choice feature on Android

Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature that will let poll creators limit users to only one choice, which is available for some beta testers on Android

WhatsApp's new update gives admins more control over who can join group

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced two new updates for groups on WhatsApp -- new controls for admins, and easily see groups in common

WhatsApp group admins to get more gatekeeping control; check details here

The messaging app will also introduce a new feature to make it easier to discover what groups you have in common with someone

WhatsApp rolling out tweaked link preview interface on iOS beta

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a tweaked link preview interface on iOS beta

WhatsApp rolls out new updates to 'communities' for iOS, Android users

The community feature on WhatsApp allows users to create and join groups of people who share similar interests or hobbies

Whatsapp rolling out 'groups in common' section within search bar on beta

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature for some beta testers on Android and iOS which allows users to see a list of groups they have in common

WhatsApp likely to limit polls to only one choice on Android beta

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on limiting polls to only one choice on Android beta

WhatsApp's new feature on iOS lets users extract text from images

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is widely rolling out the 'Text detection' feature on iOS which allows users to extract text right out of an image

Assam boards question paper sold for up to Rs 3,000 on WhatsApp: Police

Investigations have revealed that the General Science question paper of class 10 state board examination in Assam were sold for up to Rs 3,000 on WhatsApp, Director-General of Police Gyanendra Pratap Singh said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, Singh said WhatsApp's assistance was being sought to identify the origin of the leak of the question paper. "The investigation has revealed that the question paper of the General Science examination were sold for anything between Rs 100 and Rs 3,000. We have found that somewhere it was sold for Rs 100, somewhere for Rs 200-300, and it went up to Rs 3,000. Assistance is being sought from WhatsApp to identify the origin of the leak," he said. "I am happy with the investigation and the progress we made over the last three days. Hopefully, we will crack this case soon. We will send some more packets of the question paper from upper Assam to the CID headquarters for the purpose of the investigation," he added. The General Science question paper