WhatsApp: News & Discussions

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WhatsApp Catalogs launched for small businesses to connect with customers

WhatsApp on Thursday announced the introduction of “catalog feature” for business. The Facebook-owned social messaging platform announced the feature will make it easier for small businesses to connect with customers and grow. The feature uses the “WhatsApp Business app” to share information about their products and services. WhatsApp is rolling out the feature for both Android and iOS users in India, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, the UK and the US. The feature will be released across the world soon.

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WhatsApp reportedly banning groups with suspicious name

WhatsApp might be taking action against groups with malicious name. According to a report, users of the Facebook-owned WhatsApp are reporting about being banned from the service. The ban is reportedly being imposed on people belonging to certain group having malicious name. The first instance of such a ban appeared on Reddit, where the user Mowe11 published details of the ban imposed by WhatsApp. In the post, Mowe11 explained that a person, who was a participant of his group, changed his university’s group name to something illegal.

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WhatsApp Web: How to apply dark theme to your chats on PC

WhatsApp dark mode may perhaps take some more time to begin rolling out for its users. But its anticipation has caused a plethora of workarounds to crop up, allowing impatient users to try out what dark mode on WhatsApp will look like. While some of these apps and extensions work, they are still not official. Now, there is another similar tool that is going popular for its ability to change to the theme of not the WhatsApp app but WhatsApp Web. That’s right, the Web version of WhatsApp can be tweaked using a new browser extension called Stylus to feature the dark mode.

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WhatsApp beta for Android brings new camera icon and fix for voice message bug

WhatsApp has submitted a new beta version of its app on the Google Play Store. The new beta release does not bring dark theme but it does bring a new camera icon. With WhatsApp beta version 2.19.328, the social messaging company has replaced the camera icon with a new one. The new camera icon will be visible in the Status tab. The camera icon has also been updated in the chat bar with this new beta version.

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WhatsApp users can forcefully enable dark mode through developer options: Here is how

In order to enable dark mode on WhatsApp, all you need is a smartphone running Android 10. On a smartphone running Android 10, you will need to enable Developer Options from settings. In order to enable Developer Options, go to About Phone and tap on build number seven times. Once Developers Options is enabled, go to the “Override force-dark” setting and enable it. When you enable this option, the system will activate dark color palette for WhatsApp and other unsupported applications.

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New WhatsApp features spotted; include new icons, multi-platform system registration, and more

According to a report from WABetaInfo, the company is working on a new Block contact notice. As part of the feature, WhatsApp will showcase a small notice in a chat window information to the user. This notice will inform a user when they have blocked or unblocked any particular contact. The report noted that this notice will only be visible to the user who is blocking the other contact. WhatsApp will not send any notification to the person being blocked. This feature will also help users keep a track of the times when they have any particular contact.

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WhatsApp’s critical security bug poses threat from malicious MP4 Files

In detail, the MP4 can trigger tag by sending a specially crafted MP4 file. The potential hacker can inject code by parsing the elementary stream metadata of an MP4 file that could result in DoS (Denial-of-service attack) or can even initiate Remote Code Execution. It does not need any authentication to perform the attack remotely. The company has classified the vulnerability as ‘Critical’ due to the severe consequences if someone misuses the loophole.

The critical bug is found on the WhatsApp versions before 2.19.274 on the Android and iOS versions prior to 2.19.100. Similarly, the issue is present on the Enterprise client versions 2.25.3 and older; Windows versions including and prior to 2.18.368; Business for Android version 2.19.104 and older; Business for iOS versions before 2.19.100.

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WhatsApp claims MP4 file bug does not affect user data

WhatsApp was recently accused of having a bug that allows malicious MP4 file to collect all user data. It was being used as a vulnerability to trigger the remote code execution (RCE) and denial of service (DoS) cyber-attack when downloaded by a user on both Android and iOS devices. The company has just said in a statement that no user data was affected.

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WhatsApp Web finally gets Grouped Stickers: Here's how to enable this new feature

Multimedia messaging platform WhatsApp is currently rolled out a new update to its WhatsApp Web users. As part of the update, the company is rolling out the ability to stack multiple stickers together in a group. The new grouped stickers feature is similar to what we have seen with grouped multimedia. WhatsApp automatically groups multiple images or videos together to keep the conversation less cluttered. In fact, this is not the first time that we are talking about this feature.

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WhatsApp security issue: How to check if you are safe on WhatsApp

WhatsApp discovered that a specially-crafted malicious MP4 file may put users vulnerable to malware attacks. Hackers can use the vulnerability to deploy the malware on the user’s device. They can steal sensitive files and snoop on them — the way an Israeli software Pegasus developed by cyber intelligence company NSO Group did by exploiting the video calling system. It successfully snooped on 1,400 selected users globally and in India, including human rights activists and journalists.

If Android and iOS WhatsApp users want to be safe from this vulnerability, they will have to upgrade the messaging app to the latest version. Android WhatsApp users should download the 2.19.274 WhatsApp version. You can check whether you are using the latest version or not in the Settings section. You then need to tap on Help and go to ‘App info.’

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WhatsApp to soon bring self-destructing message feature, test begins in latest Android beta

The new feature will be called Delete Messages on WhatsApp and it will even work with Dark Mode for WhatsApp. In case you are willing to try the new feature, try updating your WhatsApp beta app. In order to get beta updates, you will need to enrol via Google Play beta programme. However, if the beta programme is full, you can always choose to sideload the APK file of the latest version. Since the new feature is still under development, not all WhatsApp beta users will be able to find the feature.

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WhatsApp update in beta comes with an updated Dark Mode toggle and more

According to a new report from WABetaInfo, the company is busy improving the feature behind the scenes. The new WhatsApp Beta update with version 2.19.353 adds a new toggle in the Settings. However, this new toggle is not available to the public. Instead, similar to most upcoming features, this toggle is hidden to regular Beta users. Taking a closer look, this toggle allows users to select the theme of the app. This toggle features three buttons including “Light”, “Dark”, and a new “Set by Battery Saver” options.

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WhatsApp beta update gets battery saver, new VoIP screen ahead of dark theme roll out

With the release of WhatsApp beta for Android 2.19.354, the service is adding avatar images that will appear when the Dark Theme is enabled. When it is enabled, WhatsApp will show these new icons as cell avatar. The current theme already shows a similar icon. In this beta, there is also some hidden reference for the Dark Theme, especially with the VoIP screen. When enabled, WhatsApp shows some dark elements of the VoIP screen. It has edited the avatar and the background color.

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WhatsApp for Android gets call waiting feature: Here is how it works

WhatsApp for Android is now getting call waiting support. The feature was first enabled for iOS users as week back. Now, the call waiting feature is being extended to Android users as well. With the new update, WhatsApp users will receive voice calls even when they are already on another call. Until now, WhatsApp did not offer an option to show ‘call waiting’ option when its users called someone already busy on another call. The caller got to know that the person they are trying to call was busy on another call. But the receiver did not know that they were getting another call.

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WhatsApp to drop support for millions of Android, iOS, Windows mobile phones

The Facebook-owned company informs its users in advance when its Android, iOS and Windows WhatsApp app will stop working on older versions. WhatsApp has again updated its list and announced that it will soon drop support for millions of phones. As per the company’s support page, WhatsApp will stop working on iOS devices running iOS 8 or earlier after February 1, 2020. The blog also mentions that WhatsApp will no longer work on Android phones running on 2.3.7 and older versions.

“For Android versions 2.3.7 and older, you can no longer create new accounts, nor reverify existing accounts. However, you’ll be able to continue using WhatsApp until February 1, 2020,” the messaging firm said. Windows Phones running Windows Phone 8.1 operating system or beyond will continue to be supported by the messaging app.

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