Published on: 2025-06-03 17:17:09
WhatsApp is gearing up to launch a long-awaited feature: usernames. With usernames, users will be able to connect with others without sharing their actual phone number. Spotted by WABetaInfo (via Tecnoblog) in a recent TestFlight beta version of the app, this under-development feature will finally allow users to pick a unique handle. Yes, just like on Telegram, Signal, and most other modern messaging platforms. While the feature isn’t live yet, even for beta testers, WABetaInfo found strings t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 13:57:42
Heads up if you or someone you know is still rocking an older iPhone: WhatsApp is officially dropping support for several legacy smartphones starting this Sunday, June 1st. As part of its regular update cycle, the Meta-owned messaging app is raising its minimum requirements. Originally, the change had been planned for May 5th. However, it seems the new cutoff date was pushed by a few weeks and landed on June 1st. So starting this Sunday, WhatsApp will only work on iPhones running iOS 15.1 or l
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 13:05:18
WhatsApp will soon allow users to post collages, music and new stickers as part of their WhatsApp Status. The status feature within WhatsApp functions similarly to the Stories feature on Facebook and Instagram. Users can share text, photo or video to their status, which will disappear after 24 hours. Since March , users have had the option to add a song clip to their status and can select songs from the app's music library. These music clips can be 15 seconds long when posted with photos or 60
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 22:42:31
WhatsApp is developing a solution for users to take a break from the messaging service without nuking their account data. A new “Logout [internal]” option spotted in the WhatsApp 2.25.17.37 beta release by Android Authority presents users with the choice to sign out on their primary WhatsApp device while either retaining or erasing their app data and preferences. For all intents and purposes, the only way that users can currently sign out of WhatsApp’s mobile app is to either wipe the app data
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 09:37:00
WhatsApp is simple, secure, reliable for messaging and calling, available on phones and devices all over the world. WhatsApp is available for Android, iPhone, iPadOS, and Windows & Mac. WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging service, so those devices can all message each other. Because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and stay in touch with your friends. In addition to basic messaging WhatsApp users can cre
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 17:47:38
Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp may soon allow users to log out of their accounts on their phones. It could introduce a new “Logout” option that temporarily disables WhatsApp without deleting user data or removing them from groups. Currently, WhatsApp only allows users to delete their account on their primary device. Although you can log out of your WhatsApp account on linked devices, the messaging app currently doesn’t let you log out on your primary phone. It only gives you
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 21:00:00
The biggest private instant messaging app in the world is finally available on Apple's tablets. Meta's social media, instant messenger and voice-over-IP app, WhatsApp, is now compatible with iPadOS. Like on iPhone, WhatsApp for iPad will let you make audio and video calls with up to 32 people, share your screen and utilize both of the built-in cameras on your device to allow you to quickly communicate with others. Several new features take advantage of the iPad's hardware features to help you
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 13:56:08
The wait is (finally) over. There's an official WhatsApp release for Apple iPads. It only took 16 years, as WhatsApp first entered the scene all the way back in 2009. As a matter of fact, the messaging platform predates the iPad itself, which launched in 2010. The iPad offers much more screen real estate than a smartphone, and Meta seems to have made good use of the extra space. The app takes advantage of the tablet's multitasking features like Split View and Slide Over, so users can view multi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 17:06:42
WhatsApp is officially available on iPad, Meta announced on Tuesday. The new iPad app allows you to make video and audio calls with up to 32 people, share your screen, and use both front and back cameras. Up until now, if you wanted to use WhatsApp on your iPad, you had to use the web version in a browser. The company says users will be able to take advantage of iPadOS multitasking features, such as Stage Manager, Split View, and Slide Over. These features will allow users to do things like vie
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 21:30:22
WhatsApp for iPad has just launched on the App Store. For the first time ever, iPad users can get a native WhatsApp experience on Apple’s tablet. Here are the details. Meta, the owner of WhatsApp, has a history of not offering iPad versions of its social apps. Instagram famously (infamously?) has never been available on iPad. Though supposedly that may change soon. But first, Meta’s long streak of ignoring the iPad ends for one significant app: WhatsApp for iPad is finally here. Strangely, t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 21:07:02
Meta now has a dedicated iPad app for WhatsApp, more than 15 years after the messaging service and the first iPad launched (2009 and 2010, respectively). Available to download today via the App Store, WhatsApp for iPad supports many of the same features as its iPhone counterpart, allowing users to join audio and video calls with up to 32 people, use both the rear and front device cameras, and share their screen with other call participants. The WhatsApp for iPad works with iPadOS features like
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 05:41:02
In its antitrust case against Meta, the US Federal Trade Commission is asking a judge to consider an alternate reality. In that world, the company never bought Instagram and WhatsApp. The two apps remained competitive with Facebook, developing features that competed for users’ attention. And that competition created a thriving ecosystem of social media apps where people can connect with their friends and family. Meta has spent the past several days — during which it’s begun lodging its case-in-
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-04 05:00:00
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Over the past decade, spyware tools have repeatedly been found on the phones of journalists, activists, and politicians. This has raised concerns about the unprecedented proliferation of spyware technology and the lack of protections in the tech sector. Also: Got a suspicious E-ZPass text? Don't click the link (and what to do if you already did) Meta's WhatsApp recently revealed it discovered a hacking campaign targeting about 90 users -- mostly journalists and ci
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-04 22:07:50
Last week, Israeli firm NSO Group, best known for its Pegasus spyware targeting iPhones and Android devices, was ordered to pay Meta more than $167M for targeting WhatsApp users. Now, TechCrunch has published an interesting report based on the 1,000+ page transcript of the trial. The aftermath As soon as the verdict was read, Meta celebrated the outcome as “an important step forward for privacy and security.” The ruling capped a legal battle that stretched over five years, with the court also
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-05 13:00:00
On Tuesday, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The ruling concluded a legal battle spanning more than five years, which started in October 2019 when WhatsApp accused NSO Group of hacking more than 1,400 of its users by taking advantage of a vulnerability in the chat app’s audio-calling functionality. The verdict came after a week-long jury trial that featured severa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 13:26:47
The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two months, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is hearing arguments about whether then-Facebook illegally monopolized the market for “personal social networking services” through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC first brought the case in late 2020. While it was initially thrown out by the judge, he let an amended version move forward after the governme
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-09 01:00:50
On Tuesday, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The ruling concluded a legal battle spanning more than five years, which started in October 2019 when WhatsApp accused NSO Group of hacking more than 1,400 of its users by taking advantage of a vulnerability in the chat app’s audio-calling functionality. The verdict came after a week-long jury trial that featured severa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 05:04:58
The world has been abuzz for weeks now about the inclusion of a journalist in a group message of senior White House officials discussing plans for a military strike. In that case, the breach was the result of then-National Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally adding The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the group chat and no one else in the chat noticing. But what if someone controlling or hacking a messenger platform could do the same thing? When it comes to WhatsApp—the Meta-ow
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 13:09:33
A U.S. federal jury has ordered Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group to pay WhatsApp $167,254,000 in punitive damages and $444,719 in compensatory damages for a 2019 campaign that targeted 1,400 users of the communication app. The verdict is considered a landmark case for being the first time a spyware vendor is held accountable in court, and could send ripples across the commercial spyware industry. "Today's verdict in WhatsApp's case is an important step forward for privacy and security as the f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-16 06:45:37
The Android and iPhone spyware company NSO has suffered a major defeat in a US court, after a judge ruled that the company must hand over its Pegasus code to Meta. Update: NSO was yesterday ordered to pay Meta more than $167M in damages for the attack. It’s the latest setback for the company, which has been blacklisted in the US, sued by Apple, seen victims alerted by the iPhone maker, and faced severe financial problems … iPhone spyware company NSO NSO is an Israeli company best known for it
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-16 05:54:19
A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users. The verdict, reached Tuesday, comes as a major victory not just for Meta-owned WhatsApp but also for privacy- and security-rights advocates who have long criticized the practices of NSO and other exploit sellers. The jury also awarded WhatsApp $444 million in compensatory damages. Clickl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-16 05:26:14
A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users. The verdict, reached Tuesday, comes as a major victory not just for Meta-owned WhatsApp but also for privacy- and security-rights advocates who have long criticized the practices of NSO and other exploit sellers. The jury also awarded WhatsApp $444 million in compensatory damages. Clickl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-16 17:54:59
A jury has ruled that the company behind the infamous Pegasus spyware must pay Meta more than $167 million in damages for spreading malware via WhatsApp. The ruling is a major victory for Meta after a years-long legal battle with NSO Group. Meta sued the NSO Group in 2019 over its Pegasus spyware. Meta said at the time that more than 1,400 people in 20 countries had been targeted, including journalists and human rights activists. The company said that the “highly sophisticated cyber attack” spr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-16 17:20:42
Spyware maker NSO Group will have to pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for a 2019 hacking campaign against more than 1,400 users. On Tuesday, after a five-year legal battle, a jury ruled that NSO Group must pay $167,256,000 in punitive damages and around $444,719 in compensatory damages. This is a huge legal win for WhatsApp, which had asked for more than $400,000 in compensatory damages, based on the time its employees had to dedicate to remediate the attacks, investigate them
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-21 03:30:00
The end-to-end encryption (E2EE) available on the WhatsApp messaging app gets you off to a good start when it comes to privacy and security. It means no one else — hackers, law enforcement, or Meta staff — can see your chats. Your stuff stays just between you and the person or persons you’re chatting with. On top of that, the app comes with a variety of other features for locking down your data as tightly as possible. Get all of these precautions in place, and you’re as well protected as you ca
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-25 04:35:53
WhatsApp now has more than 3 billion people using it every month, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted during the company’s Q1 results conference call on Wednesday. Founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014, WhatsApp remains free to use and doesn’t serve any ads. The app reached the 2 billion monthly active user mark back in 2020, but with the latest milestone, it’s now one of the few apps to cross the 3 billion user mark, besides Facebook. That humongous user base makes Whats
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-26 21:06:18
The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two months, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is hearing arguments about whether then-Facebook illegally monopolized the market for “personal social networking services” through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC first brought the case in late 2020. While it was initially thrown out by the judge, he let an amended version move forward after the governme
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-28 09:35:56
As Meta’s first-ever generative AI conference gets underway , the company is also previewing a significant update on its plans to bring AI features to WhatsApp chats. Buried in its LlamaCon updates, the company shared that it’s working on something called “Private Processing,” which will allow users to take advantage of generative AI capabilities within WhatsApp without eroding its privacy features. According to Meta, Private Processing is an “optional capability” that will enable people to “le
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-28 17:15:00
The end-to-end encrypted communication app WhatsApp, used by roughly 3 billion people around the world, will roll out cloud-based AI capabilities in the coming weeks that are designed to preserve WhatsApp’s defining security and privacy guarantees while offering users access to message summarization and composition tools. Meta has been incorporating generative AI features across its services that are built on its open source large language model, Llama. And WhatsApp already incorporates a light
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-28 18:00:00
Veterans of the European startup scene, who’ve launched multiple consumer apps in the past, are partly coming out of stealth Tuesday with a new app. On the face of it, Grouphug will simply generate memes from the archive of a group WhatsApp chat. However, that masks a wider play. Grouphug is led by Felix Petersen, one of the most experienced and seasoned B2C founders in Europe, who built the Amen and Plazes apps. Right now, all users can do on Grouphug is export the text from a group WhatsApp
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