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[simmerskool]

Introducing Advanced Chat Privacy: Enhanced Protection for Your Most Sensitive Conversations​

Introducing Advanced Chat Privacy: Enhanced Protection for Your Most Sensitive Conversations

We're introducing our latest layer for privacy called Advanced Chat Privacy. This new setting available in both chats and groups helps prevent others from taking content outside of WhatsApp for when you may want extra privacy.

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interesting or perhaps sad that the what's app blog does not provide version number & gee looking at what's app in my iphone I am NOT finding a version number. IMO the various privacy settings are somewhat confusing.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Ditched WhatsApp. Too many scam messages and calls. I mean way too many. The report feature but does it do anything?

 

[lokamoka820]

As one of our biggest requests, we’re excited to announce that WhatsApp is now available on iPad.

Bringing all your favorite features to a larger screen, WhatsApp for iPad makes keeping in touch with friends and family even easier. Make video and audio calls with up to 32 people, share your screen, and use both front and back cameras.

We’ve made WhatsApp for iPad ideal for multitasking so you can get more done. Take advantage of iPadOS multitasking features such as Stage Manager*, Split View, and Slide Over to view multiple apps at once, so you can send messages while browsing the web, or research options for a group trip while on a call together. WhatsApp also works with your Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil.

WhatsApp for iPad uses our industry leading multi-device technology to keep everything in sync across your iPhone, Mac and other devices while protecting your personal messages, calls and media with end-to-end encryption, no matter what platform or device you’re messaging. Our extra layers of privacy, such as chat lock, mean that you can have private conversations in confidence even if you share your iPad with others.

This is only the start for WhatsApp on iPad, and we look forward to your feedback. Available to download from the App Store today.

*Stage Manager is available on iPad Pro with M4, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later) and iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air 11-inch (M2 and later), iPad Air 13-inch (M2 and later).

It's here! Introducing WhatsApp for iPad

As one of our biggest requests, we’re excited to announce that WhatsApp is now available on iPad.

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[lokamoka820]

Today we’re introducing some new features for our Updates tab, which is home to both Channels and Status. We’ve worked over the last two years to make this tab the place for you to discover something new on WhatsApp and it’s now used by 1.5 billion people a day. We’re encouraged by the enthusiasm and also want to help admins, organizations, and businesses grow on WhatsApp.

We’re going to do this in three ways:

• Channel subscriptions: You’ll be able to support your favorite channel by subscribing to receive exclusive updates for a monthly fee.
• Promoted Channels: We’ll help you discover new channels that might be interesting to you when you’re looking through the directory. For the first time, admins have a way to increase their Channel's visibility.
• Ads in Status: You’ll be able to find a new business and easily start a conversation with them about a product or service they’re promoting in Status.

These new features will appear only on the Updates tab, away from your personal chats. This means if you only use WhatsApp to chat with friends and loved ones there is no change to your experience at all.

Helping you Find More Channels and Businesses on WhatsApp

Today we're introducing some new features for our Updates tab, which is home to both Channels and Status.

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[lokamoka820]

With more than 3 billion users in over 180 countries, we’re always working to keep our users closely connected, no matter where they are in the world. But we understand that sometimes language can be a barrier to getting things done or expressing how you truly feel. That's why we’re excited to bring message translations to WhatsApp, so you can more easily communicate across languages.

If you see a message in a different language, you can now simply long-press and tap ‘Translate’. Choose the language you want the message to be translated from or to, and download it to be saved for future translations. This works for 1:1 chats, groups, and Channel updates too.

Android users will also be able to choose to turn on automatic translation for an entire chat thread, so that all future incoming messages in that conversation are translated as well.

Message translations were designed to protect the privacy of your chats. That’s why translations occur on your device where WhatsApp cannot see them.

We're rolling out message translations to Android and iPhone users gradually from today, in a few select languages to start with more to follow. Android users will find it available in six languages: English, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, and Arabic. For our iPhone users, the feature will launch in 19+ languages.

We hope this feature helps break down language barriers and allows users to connect more deeply with loved ones and communities around the globe.

Introducing Message Translations

With more than 3 billion users in over 180 countries, we’re always working to keep our users closely connected, no matter where they are in the world. But we understand that sometimes language can be a barrier to getting things done or expressing how you truly feel. That's why we’re excited to...

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[lokamoka820]

Over the past few months, we’ve continued adding new features and updates to WhatsApp. Today’s roundup includes the ability to send Live and Motion photos, new ways to get creative with Meta AI, and much more!

Live and Motion photos: Now you can share Live Photos (iOS) and Motion Photos (Android) that capture life just as it is – complete with sound and movements – meaning you can share richer moments with friends on any platform.

New chat themes with Meta AI: Earlier this year we introduced Chat Themes as a way to customize your chats. Now you can use the power of Meta AI to boost your creativity and make custom chat themes of your own. (Meta AI features may not be available to all users.)

New backgrounds with Meta AI: Now with AI, you can create unique backgrounds for your video calls to put you in your favorite surroundings or try something new. You can also add AI backgrounds when taking photos and videos directly in chats.

New sticker packs: We’ve introduced new sticker packs to make your chats more expressive and fun. Download stickers from the Fearless Bird, School Days, or Vacation packs whose cute characters can sum up how you’re feeling without needing to say a word.

Easier group search: Group chat names sometimes get so creative that they can be hard to remember. Now, just search for someone you know that's in the group in your Chats tab, and it will display the groups you have in common.

Document scanning on Android: Now you can scan, crop, save and send documents directly from WhatsApp on Android devices (you can already do this on iPhone).

Stay tuned for more new features and updates soon!

New Feature Roundup: Live and Motion photos, creative Meta AI features, and more!

Over the past few months, we’ve continued adding new features and updates to WhatsApp. Today’s roundup includes the ability to send Live and Motion photos, new ways to get creative with Meta AI, and much more!

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[lokamoka820]

At WhatsApp, we think you should be able to have a private conversation online, just like you would in-person. We will always defend that right to privacy for everyone, starting with default end-to-end encryption. But we also know that a few of our users – like journalists or public-facing figures – may need extreme safeguards against rare and highly-sophisticated cyber attacks.

That’s why today we’re announcing a new, lockdown-style feature called Strict Account Settings.

If you turn this on, certain account settings will lock to the most restrictive settings, and it will limit how your WhatsApp works in some ways, like blocking attachments and media from people not in your contacts. You can enable Strict Account Settings – which is rolling out gradually over the coming weeks – by going to Settings > Privacy > Advanced.

Strict Account Settings is one of many ways we’re working to protect you from the most sophisticated of cyber threats. We’ve also rolled out a programming language called Rust behind the scenes to help keep your photos, videos, and messages safe from things like spyware, so you can share and chat with confidence. To go deeper in the tech, click here.

WhatsApp's Latest Privacy Protection: Strict Account Settings

WhatsApp's new Strict Account Settings feature provides extreme security against sophisticated cyber attacks by locking privacy settings and blocking media from non-contacts.

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[lokamoka820]

WhatsApp Web Gets Built-In Voice and Video Calling

WhatsApp has begun rolling out native voice and video calling directly within the browser version of the app, bringing it much closer to feature parity with WA mobile and desktop clients.

For a long time, WhatsApp Web has been perfect for replying to messages from a laptop, but frustratingly incomplete when it came to calls. If you wanted to jump on a voice or video chat, you had to switch to your phone or install the desktop app. That gap is finally closing.

WhatsApp Web Gets Built-In Voice and Video Calling - gHacks Tech News

After years of limitations, WhatsApp Web is rolling out native voice and video calls directly in the browser - complete with screen sharing and end-to-end encryption.

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[Halp2001]

Calls on WhatsApp Web are like opening a new balcony in the castle: more views, more air… and also more cracks for the wind to sneak in. Security promises armor, but the walls always need vigilance.