WhatsApp Users Had An Amazing Year With Cool New Features: WhatsApp Payments, Forever Mute And More
News 18The year 2020 has been great for WhatsApp users. According to research firm Statista, as of October 2020, WhatsApp has 2 billion active global users, with Facebook Messenger in second place with 1.3 billion active users and WeChat following in third with 1.2 billion. The Facebook owned WhatsApp platform confirmed that WhatsApp Payments are now Live with State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, and will enable the National Payments Corporation of India’s Unified Payment Interface system for users to make payments, money transfers and more. Disappearing Messages: WhatsApp’s new Disappearing Messages feature is now available for all users and you will be able to send messages to friends and family, which will automatically disappear after a period of 7 days. WhatsApp said that in March, when the Coronavirus Pandemic really kicked in, users on average were spending over 15 billion minutes talking each day on WhatsApp calls, well above the pre-pandemic usage trends.