WhatsApp News and Updates

[rahul1117kumar]

Instant messaging app WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app all over the world and is used in 109 countries, or 55.6 percent of the world, a new report said on Wednesday. The countries include India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and many other countries in South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. WhatsApp currently has over one billion monthly active users. In India, over 70 million people use the messaging service.

Of the 187 countries that SimilarWeb — a Britain-based information technology company — examined, WhatsApp was the world leader claiming 109 countries. “Facebook’s
Messenger app came in second overall, claiming 49 countries including Australia, Canada and the US. After Messenger, Viber was the only other messaging app to claim 10 or more countries,” the report said.

Viber has strong popularity in Eastern Europe and is the top app in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, among others, and as of April 2016, Viber was installed on 65 percent of all Android devices in Ukraine. Line , WeChat, and Telegram are three other messaging apps claiming multiple countries with China, Iran and Japan representing countries using one of these apps.

The report also said that BlackBerry’s BBM is still used by the masses in at least one country in the world: Indonesia. “As of April 2016, the app was installed on 87.5 percent of all Android devices in the country, far surpassing any other country in terms of BBM use,” the report noted. In the US, only 0.42 percent of Androids had the BBM app, with Australia and Britain showing slightly higher use.

WhatsApp leads messaging apps globally | Latest Tech News, Video & Photo Reviews at BGR India

 

[nambbus]

No wonder..

 

[rahul1117kumar]

WhatsApp new status updates - A disaster! [New Feature- "Tagline" is Coming]

WhatsApp developers have been working on several new features. The latest feature is called ‘Live Locations’ for group users.

This feature has to be one of the most interesting feature for WhatsApp in a long time (even better that addition of Video calling ). This feature is a hidden feature which is nor available for Beta users and has to be enabled using configuration file as reported by WABetaInfo . But despite all that, this feature will roll out once all the bugs are ironed out.

The reason that this is one of the most interesting features is because it gives you the option to share your location with your friends under the ‘Show my friends’ option in the group settings. On tapping the option, it gives you an option to enable the feature for limited time. The options presented in the list are to enable the feature for one minute, two minutes, five minutes or to enable it indefinitely.

This makes it easier for all the group plans where you have meet your friends at a particular location and some of them don’t know the directions to the meeting location. You can tap on ‘Show my friends’ and this will bring up a map which will show the location of all your friends. This map is powered by Google Maps and gives you the option to switch to Map, Satellite or Terrain view.

However, the addition of ‘Show traffic’ is the best. It may behave as a double edged sword for all the slackers in the group who arrive late but it is great if you want to help your friends or even family navigate faster to a location.

This can be the way to collaborate and coordinate where you can see where everyone is and direct them in advance about the routes they can take to reach faster. This means that you can’t lie about being stuck in traffic. One thing to note is that currently we are unable to enable it and test it, possibly because of a server switch from WhatsApp’s end.

One good thing about the implementation of this feature is the fact that by default, you can enable the feature for a limited number of time to avoid massive battery drain. The company has also added other UI tweaks for the ‘Status’ feature that adds a visual notification in the tab for new statuses on the home screen. You will see a dot to signify new status updates besides the ‘Status’ tab and WhatsApp will notify that the status that you will share will disappear after 24 hours. The screen will notify you about your privacy settings while composing a new Status.

WhatsApp gives you the prompt to ‘Add to Contacts’ when a contact in your WhatsApp list sends contact details in vCard format. The developers have also added a forward button for audio recording, something that already appears for Photos. This comes right after Whatsapp developers accidently enabled ‘Edit’ and ‘Revoke’ feature for messages sent in conversations. WhatsApp also added the ability to queue messages while your are offline on iOS.

WABetaInfo
@WABetaInfo
WhatsApp screenshot notifications from February is totally fake.
If it was true, you would read something in my @WABetaInfo account. twitter.com/whatsappen/sta…

Last but not the least, a story about ‘WhatsApp’ enabling notifications for Screenshots in conversations is doing the rounds of social media. There is no reference of this feature in WhatsApp hidden features or the code as confirmed by famous WhatsApp leaker WABetaInfo. In addition, there is no reference to WhatsApp CEO or developers talking about working on a feature like this. According to all the evidence, this report is a fake news story to spread misinformation.

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that lets group members share a 'Live Location' with each other Tech2 Mobile

 

[Shantanu]

RE: WhatsApp is working new feature that lets group members share a 'Live Location'

WhatsApp Beta Live Location Sharing Feature, Status Message Overhaul Rumoured in New Leak

WhatsApp for Android and iPhone may look to introduce an interesting feature related to location sharing. According to a recent beta app leak,
WhatsApp is working on bringing live location sharing to its app, for ease in finding people on the go. There is also a new and improved WhatsApp Status feature incoming in the future versions of the app.
WhatsApp Live Location-Sharing
WABetaInfo, which tracks changes to the WhatsApp beta apps, has shared screenshots of the location-sharing feature, said to be from WhatsApp beta apps for Android and iPhone. The option to share your location with friends in a group chat is shown to be working on WhatsApp beta versions 2.17.3.28 for iPhone and 2.16.399 for Android. There's a new 'Show My Friends' option in WhatsApp beta that makes your live location accessible to the specified audience for a few minutes or indefinitely - whatever your preference might be.

WhatsApp for Android Could Soon Let You Recall, Edit Messages After Sending Them
New WhatsApp Status feature
The tipster also claims that WhatsApp is also working on a feature that notifies users when one of their contacts changes their status message. There are a lot of improvements coming for the WhatsApp Status feature, most notably the push notification, and the ability to delete the status in 24 hours. WhatsApp for Android is tipped to get a separate tab for Statuses, joining the existing Chats, Calls, and Contacts tab. WABetaInfo also informs that Group messaging will get many tweaks in the coming days.
Other WhatsApp beta features
Apart from the live location feature, WhatsApp beta version 2.17.3.28 for iOS is
pegged to bring the ability to save photos from WhatsApp into a separate folder in the camera roll by default. There's a new 'Contact Us' action button that could presumably let you send feedback to the developers directly. WhatsApp has also added the ability to send a notification to a user when he is running out of battery during live call.

The largest social IM app recently rolled out a big stable
update for iPhone users introducing an increased limit of sharing media to users to 30 files. Furthermore, iPhone users recently got the ability to queue messages as well, something that Android users have been enjoying for a while.
WhatsApp Beta Live Location Sharing Feature, Status Message Overhaul Rumoured in New Leak | NDTV Gadgets360.com

 

[Shantanu]

RE: WhatsApp is working new feature that lets group members share a 'Live Location'

WhatsApp may soon notify users of status change, low battery

hatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will notify users when there's a change in status of their contact.

WABetaInfo , a WhatsApp's feature leaker, spotted a new Status tab for beta version Android 2.17.36 which will update the user when any contact of their will change his/her WhatsApp status.

Currently, user can see tabs for only contacts, chats and calls. After the new update, user will see a changed interface with a new Status tab. According to screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, this new tab will be placed between the chats and calls tabs.

WhatsApp beta for Android 2.17.36: added an indicator when there are new Statuses.

Not only this, the leaker has also shared screenshots in which WhatsApp displays a low battery warning during a WhatsApp call.

In latest WhatsApp beta for Android versions, the user can receive a notification about low battery level during a call.


There have been several new rumours about WhatsApp in recent pas few days. The company is apparently also working on a feature to edit and revoke WhatsApp messages. The feature has been spotted for beta version an may soon be available to all. According to the leak, sent messages on WhatsApp beta version iOS 2.17.1.869 will get a separate Revoke option which when clicked, would recall the sent message.


Reportedly, revoked messages are deleted from both the ends. Apparently, this feature will also works for photos and videos shared in the app. It is yet unclear when the functionality will be available to all but iPhone user may soon get it first.

Only a week ago, WhatsApp released a new update for iOS users which will allow the users to queue up their messages during poor or no internet connectivity. The update was already available for Android users for quite some time and now is available for download on iPhones too.

WhatsApp may soon notify users of status change, low battery : News, News - India Today

 

[Bapun]

RE: WhatsApp is working new feature that lets group members share a 'Live Location'

I don't think these changes are necessary.

 

[Sagar]

WhatsApp may allow you to track your friends in real time: report

Instant messaging app WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow you to track your friends in real time.

According to the WABetaInfo account on Twitter, which is known for leaking information related to WhatsApp, the feature will work on beta version 2.17.3.28 for iOS, 2.16.399+ on Android and will be disabled by default.

“The tracking can be kept on for 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, or indefinitely. This comes in handy if you’re supposed to meet the gang at a certain location and time, and you want to see how far away from the destination every one in the group is,” phonearena.com reported on Monday.

The live streaming can also be disabled, it added.

With 160 million users in India, WhatsApp is available in more than 50 different languages. Nearly 100 million calls are being made on the platform daily worldwide.

WhatsApp may allow you to track your friends in real time: report - The Hindu

 

[Anup Tiwari]

RE: WhatsApp may allow you to track your friends in real time: report

Good shared i updated this version i am using beta

 

[Sagar]

RE: WhatsApp may allow you to track your friends in real time: report

Good shared i updated this version i am using beta

But bro at time of updating it, old msg , video & images, how to backup it, do you know:huh

 

[sam]

RE: WhatsApp may allow you to track your friends in real time: report

But bro at time of updating it, old msg , video & images, how to backup it, do you know:huh

Updating don't have anything to do with your message data bro....

They'll remain as it is...
Only new options will be added.....

(if you're uninstalling &
Again installing also...
You can restore your data
Which will be backed up in mobile storage
Or Drive.... )