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WhatsApp Rolls Out New Calling Effects, Animations and Stickers Ahead of New Year
WhatsApp is introducing fun new features to enhance the texting and calling experience ahead of the new year, the company announced on Thursday. For a limited time, WhatsApp users will be able to take advantage of new calling effects with the New Year theme during video calls. Further, the instant messaging platform rolls out new animations and sti...
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Threads Testing Schedule Posts Option; Instagram Allows Scheduling Direct Messages
Meta has revealed that it is testing a new feature for Threads that will allow users to schedule their posts. The release timeline for this feature has not yet been confirmed. Meanwhile, another Meta-owned social media site, Instagram, has quietly introduced a schedule option for direct messages. Users will be able to schedule text messages in DMs ...
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Google Messages Rolls Out Sensitive Content Warning, Enhanced Spam Detection and More Features
Google Messages is rolling out several new features aimed at improving user privacy and protecting them from suspicious calls and messages. One of the additions is protection against scam texts related to package deliveries and jobs, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) models. There are also features related to handling international callers an...
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WhatsApp Third-Party Chats Feature That Will Allow Sending Messages to Other Apps Will Soon Be Rolled Out
WhatsApp will soon start supporting third-party chats allowing users to send and receive messages. The announcement was made by the instant messaging platform’s parent company Meta last week. The company said the decision to make the app interoperable was made after the European Union brought the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into force in 2022. Earl...
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WhatsApp for Android Meta AI Voice Mode Feature’s New Interface Reportedly Spotted
WhatsApp for Android is reported to soon get a new feature for the in-app artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Meta AI. As per a WhatsApp feature tracker, the instant messaging platform is working on adding a Voice Mode to Meta AI that will allow users to have a two-way conversation with the chatbot.
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Google Chat Gets a New Feature to Help Users Find Out The Most Important Conversations
Google Chat has received a new feature that is aimed at helping users understand priority conversations without having to read the messages. The new feature makes it easy for users to know the participants in unread threads to gauge what is more relevant to them. Chat was developed by the tech giant to replace its older (and now defunct) text messa...
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WhatsApp Adds New Text Formatting Options; Blocks Screenshots of Profile Pictures on Latest Beta
WhatsApp launched four new text formatting options globally on Wednesday. These new options join the existing bold, italic, strikethrough, and monospace options. The new range of formatting tools will allow users to send messages in bulleted points, and numbered lists, as well as two different styles for quotes. Alongside, it is also reportedly tes...
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WhatsApp Now Allows Users to Block Spam Directly From Lock Screen: Here Are Steps to Enable Feature
WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform owned by Meta, has rolled out a new feature allowing users to block spam directly from their lock screens. Spam messages have been a persistent issue for messaging platforms like WhatsApp. With this move, the company aims to enhance user privacy and security while fostering a more seamless messaging experien...
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Hackers Bypass Apple's Checks to Deliver Malicious Keyboards Used to Spy on Users: Report
iPhone can reportedly be targeted by third-party keyboards created by hackers to bypass Apple's stringent security checks and spy on user activity. These third-party keyboards are installed via Apple's TestFlight platform to discreetly spy on a user and collect their sent messages, passwords, browsing history, bank credentials, and any other text e...
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WhatsApp Announces 'View Once’ Voice Messages to Send Disappearing Audio Messages
WhatsApp introduced View Once messages for text, photos, and videos back in 2021. Now, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform is expanding this feature to voice messages. With the latest update, users will be able to set voice messages to disappear after their recipient listens to them.
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Nothing Chats App Pulled From Google Play Store Amid Widespread Privacy Concerns
Nothing launched the Nothing Chats messaging platform last week to dismantle messaging barriers between Android and iOS users in collaboration with Sunbird. However, the Carl Pei-led UK startup has pulled the beta for its Nothing Chats app from the Google Play Store due to privacy concerns.
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Nothing Chats App Lets Users Send iMessage From Android Smartphone
Nothing Chats, a new app introduced by the UK-based tech company today, will now blur the lines between iMessage and Android SMS with a blue bubble for text messages. Nothing has shared that it has added iMessage compatibility to Nothing Phone 2, letting users of the smartphone send messages that will be displayed in iMessage-like blue bubbles.
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Jack Dorsey’s Conceptualisation of ‘Blockchain Twitter’ Tickled Elon Musk, Leaked Texts Tip
A bunch of leaked messages between Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey reveal that the duo had been dabbling in the idea of moving Twitter to blockchain, eliminating its dependency on government controlled, centralised systems. The leaked messages have come out in the open ahead of October 17 when a trial will finalise if Musk will walk out of buying Twitter...
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Microsoft Edge Drop Tool Lets Users Share Files Across Logged-In Devices, Platforms: Report
The Drop feature in Microsoft Edge's latest Canary build reportedly allows users to send messages, share files, texts and so on across all their logged-in devices. Users can drag and drop any files to create a note with Drop.
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Clubhouse Backchannel Direct Messages Feature Launched as It Ventures Beyond Audio
Clubhouse social audio app launched a direct messaging feature called Backchannel to allow one-to-one and group text chats.
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WhatsApp Rolls Out New Calling Effects, Animations and Stickers Ahead of New Year
WhatsApp is introducing fun new features to enhance the texting and calling experience ahead of the new year, the company announced on Thursday. For a limited time, WhatsApp users will be able to take advantage of new calling effects with the New Year theme during video calls. Further, the instant messaging platform rolls out new animations and sti...
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Threads Testing Schedule Posts Option; Instagram Allows Scheduling Direct Messages
Meta has revealed that it is testing a new feature for Threads that will allow users to schedule their posts. The release timeline for this feature has not yet been confirmed. Meanwhile, another Meta-owned social media site, Instagram, has quietly introduced a schedule option for direct messages. Users will be able to schedule text messages in DMs ...
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Google Messages Rolls Out Sensitive Content Warning, Enhanced Spam Detection and More Features
Google Messages is rolling out several new features aimed at improving user privacy and protecting them from suspicious calls and messages. One of the additions is protection against scam texts related to package deliveries and jobs, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) models. There are also features related to handling international callers an...
-
WhatsApp Third-Party Chats Feature That Will Allow Sending Messages to Other Apps Will Soon Be Rolled Out
WhatsApp will soon start supporting third-party chats allowing users to send and receive messages. The announcement was made by the instant messaging platform’s parent company Meta last week. The company said the decision to make the app interoperable was made after the European Union brought the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into force in 2022. Earl...
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WhatsApp for Android Meta AI Voice Mode Feature’s New Interface Reportedly Spotted
WhatsApp for Android is reported to soon get a new feature for the in-app artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Meta AI. As per a WhatsApp feature tracker, the instant messaging platform is working on adding a Voice Mode to Meta AI that will allow users to have a two-way conversation with the chatbot.
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Google Chat Gets a New Feature to Help Users Find Out The Most Important Conversations
Google Chat has received a new feature that is aimed at helping users understand priority conversations without having to read the messages. The new feature makes it easy for users to know the participants in unread threads to gauge what is more relevant to them. Chat was developed by the tech giant to replace its older (and now defunct) text messa...
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WhatsApp Adds New Text Formatting Options; Blocks Screenshots of Profile Pictures on Latest Beta
WhatsApp launched four new text formatting options globally on Wednesday. These new options join the existing bold, italic, strikethrough, and monospace options. The new range of formatting tools will allow users to send messages in bulleted points, and numbered lists, as well as two different styles for quotes. Alongside, it is also reportedly tes...
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WhatsApp Now Allows Users to Block Spam Directly From Lock Screen: Here Are Steps to Enable Feature
WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform owned by Meta, has rolled out a new feature allowing users to block spam directly from their lock screens. Spam messages have been a persistent issue for messaging platforms like WhatsApp. With this move, the company aims to enhance user privacy and security while fostering a more seamless messaging experien...
-
Hackers Bypass Apple's Checks to Deliver Malicious Keyboards Used to Spy on Users: Report
iPhone can reportedly be targeted by third-party keyboards created by hackers to bypass Apple's stringent security checks and spy on user activity. These third-party keyboards are installed via Apple's TestFlight platform to discreetly spy on a user and collect their sent messages, passwords, browsing history, bank credentials, and any other text e...
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WhatsApp Announces 'View Once’ Voice Messages to Send Disappearing Audio Messages
WhatsApp introduced View Once messages for text, photos, and videos back in 2021. Now, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform is expanding this feature to voice messages. With the latest update, users will be able to set voice messages to disappear after their recipient listens to them.
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Nothing Chats App Pulled From Google Play Store Amid Widespread Privacy Concerns
Nothing launched the Nothing Chats messaging platform last week to dismantle messaging barriers between Android and iOS users in collaboration with Sunbird. However, the Carl Pei-led UK startup has pulled the beta for its Nothing Chats app from the Google Play Store due to privacy concerns.
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Nothing Chats App Lets Users Send iMessage From Android Smartphone
Nothing Chats, a new app introduced by the UK-based tech company today, will now blur the lines between iMessage and Android SMS with a blue bubble for text messages. Nothing has shared that it has added iMessage compatibility to Nothing Phone 2, letting users of the smartphone send messages that will be displayed in iMessage-like blue bubbles.
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Jack Dorsey’s Conceptualisation of ‘Blockchain Twitter’ Tickled Elon Musk, Leaked Texts Tip
A bunch of leaked messages between Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey reveal that the duo had been dabbling in the idea of moving Twitter to blockchain, eliminating its dependency on government controlled, centralised systems. The leaked messages have come out in the open ahead of October 17 when a trial will finalise if Musk will walk out of buying Twitter...
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Microsoft Edge Drop Tool Lets Users Share Files Across Logged-In Devices, Platforms: Report
The Drop feature in Microsoft Edge's latest Canary build reportedly allows users to send messages, share files, texts and so on across all their logged-in devices. Users can drag and drop any files to create a note with Drop.
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Clubhouse Backchannel Direct Messages Feature Launched as It Ventures Beyond Audio
Clubhouse social audio app launched a direct messaging feature called Backchannel to allow one-to-one and group text chats.
