WhatsApp Quietly Rolls Out In-App Notifications Feature in India, Here's How it Works
4 years ago

WhatsApp Quietly Rolls Out In-App Notifications Feature in India, Here's How it Works

News 18  

WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that enables users to get in-app notifications. The Facebook-owned messaging company explains that Banners appear at the top of the screen and go away automatically, while Alerts “requires action before proceeding.” Similarly, the None option means that users will not receive any in-app alerts while they have the application opened. The In-App Notifications feature was initially spotted by WABetaInfo which also claimed that the Facebook-owned company will update its Terms of Service in February 2021. In another WhatsApp-related new, the company recently announced a new feature that will allow users to put different custom wallpapers on each chat.

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WhatsApp will soon get a feature that will remind users about unread messages
2 weeks, 1 day ago

WhatsApp will soon get a feature that will remind users about unread messages

India Today  

WhatsApp is busy working on a bunch of new features to enhance users' experience and privacy. According to WABetaInfo, the site that tracks developments related to WhatsApp, the new reminder feature is available for testing in the beta version of the app for Android. It is included in WhatsApp beta version 2.24.25.29 for Android and introduces notifications to alert users …

WhatsApp Users Will Be Able To Make Calls And Send Messages To Other Apps: Will It Come To India?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

WhatsApp Users Will Be Able To Make Calls And Send Messages To Other Apps: Will It Come To India?

News 18  

WhatsApp has billions of users across the globe and India is one of its biggest markets. The messaging app will soon allow its users to chat or even make calls to those using other apps. That’s right, third-party interoperability will be available for WhatsApp users as it looks to comply with rules in select regions. Meta says it will inform …

WhatsApp's latest feature for Channel creators: Explained
1 year, 3 months ago

WhatsApp's latest feature for Channel creators: Explained

India TV News  

Last week, Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp launched the much-anticipated WhatsApp Channels feature in several countries, including India. In a recent development, WhatsApp is now testing a feature that provides channel creators with updates on the status of their channels, particularly in regions where they may face restrictions due to local laws. According to reports from WABetaInfo, a platform that tracks …

WhatsApp adds rival in-app payment options in India commerce push
1 year, 3 months ago

WhatsApp adds rival in-app payment options in India commerce push

The Hindu  

WhatsApp said on Wednesday that it will offer credit card payments and services from rival digital payment providers within its app in India, the latest bet by the Meta-owned service to boost commerce offerings in its biggest market. People shopping on WhatsApp could also pay using popular services like Alphabet Inc’s Google Pay, Paytm and Walmart’s PhonePe but only after …

WhatsApp bug fix released for notifications issue on iOS
1 year, 9 months ago

WhatsApp bug fix released for notifications issue on iOS

India TV News  

WhatsApp, a Meta-owned messaging platform has released a new bug fix update for iOS devices, to fix the issue with notifications. The fix for notifications will be made available after installing the latest update on WhatsApp for iOS- where the update could be downloaded from the App Store, the report further stated. ALSO, READ WhatsApp Update: Working on new chat …

WhatsApp Update: New 'Report status updates' feature out for Android beta users
1 year, 9 months ago

WhatsApp Update: New 'Report status updates' feature out for Android beta users

India TV News  

WhatsApp Update: An instant messaging platform which has been launching a number of features to improvise the user experience has come up with yet another feature which will enable the user to report status updates. With this new feature, users will be able to report any status update which might violate the Terms of Service of WhatsApp. Furthermore, the feature …

WhatsApp Could Soon Let Users Report Status Updates
1 year, 11 months ago

WhatsApp Could Soon Let Users Report Status Updates

News 18  

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature which will provide users the ability to report status updates on desktop beta. The new feature will allow users to report a status update right within a new menu in the status section, reports WABetaInfo. If users see any suspicious status update that might violate the Terms of Service, they will be …

WhatsApp may soon allow users to report status updates
2 years ago

WhatsApp may soon allow users to report status updates

India Today  

WhatsApp is constantly working on features to improve the user’s experience. The messaging app is now working on a new feature which will give users the power to report status updates on the desktop beta. As per Wabetainfo, WhatsApp will now let users report Status updates. Wabetanifo further reported that the ability to report status updates is a feature under …

WhatsApp Update: Reaction Feature Now Available for Story Updates in India
2 years, 2 months ago

WhatsApp Update: Reaction Feature Now Available for Story Updates in India

The Quint  

Earlier also users could react to the status of their contacts by selecting the required emoji from the chatbox/typing slot option but now the feature of 'react to a Status' has made it easy and direct for users to respond to someone's status story. The iOS users will also be able to react to status updates and this feature will …

WhatsApp is getting yet another Instagram-like feature soon
2 years, 4 months ago

WhatsApp is getting yet another Instagram-like feature soon

India Today  

WhatsApp is constantly developing a new range of features for users. While testing a new feature, the company first tests features with iOS users in beta, followed by Android beta users everyone. The meta-owned instant messaging app is preparing to introduce a new feature for iOS users that will give users the ability to view Status directly from WhatsApp's chat …

WhatsApp gets approval to offer payments service to 40 million users in India
3 years ago

WhatsApp gets approval to offer payments service to 40 million users in India

India Today  

WhatsApp Pay, the messaging app’s payment feature, will soon be available to 40 million users in India. As per Reuters report, the messaging app has got approval from the National Payments Corporation of India to expand its WhatsApp Pay payments service to 40 million users in India. As per sources, WhatsApp isn’t too convinced with the expansion of the feature …

How dependent are Indian businesses on Facebook and WhatsApp?
3 years, 2 months ago

How dependent are Indian businesses on Facebook and WhatsApp?

Business Standard  

Social media services Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were recently hit by an outage that lasted almost six hours. According to PIB and the Ministry of Electronics and IT, India had 410 million Facebook users, 530 million WhatsApp users, and 210 million Instagram users as of February this year. As of April of 2019, an estimated 1.5 million small and medium …

WhatsApp working on feature to reward users in India with cashback for using WhatsApp Payments
3 years, 3 months ago

WhatsApp working on feature to reward users in India with cashback for using WhatsApp Payments

India Today  

WhatsApp to soon start rewarding users with cashback for using the Payments feature. It was not revealed whether users will get cashback after their first payment or before they make their first payment using the messaging app. Note that this is limited to UPI Payments in India, you can only get one cashback and you might receive up to Rs …

WhatsApp Testing Feature For In-App Business Directory; Next Test Likely In India
3 years, 3 months ago

WhatsApp Testing Feature For In-App Business Directory; Next Test Likely In India

News 18  

Facebook-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has launched a new feature to make it possible for users to search for businesses within its app for the first time, the company told Reuters on Wednesday. “This could be … the primary way that people start a commerce process in WhatsApp,” Matt Idema, Facebook‘s vice president of business messaging, said in an interview …

WhatsApp Pay feature now rolling out to more Indian users
3 years, 5 months ago

WhatsApp Pay feature now rolling out to more Indian users

India Today  

WhatsApp Pay which went live in India in November last year is being rolled out to more users. Many users did not receive the feature immediately after it went live even after updating their app several times but now most users across Android and iOS seem to be getting it finally. WhatsApp Pay, as the name suggests, lets users send …

Has WhatsApp Lost Its Way With The New Privacy Policy, In India? IT Rules 2021 Add Another Twist
3 years, 6 months ago

Has WhatsApp Lost Its Way With The New Privacy Policy, In India? IT Rules 2021 Add Another Twist

News 18  

WhatsApp really set the cat amongst the pigeons at the turn of the year, when the new privacy policy and terms of use were unveiled. Among the many clarifications and updates in the new privacy policy and terms of use, which WhatsApp simply calls “update”, the Facebook-owned app details how WhatsApp’s service handles your data as well as how WhatsApp …

A dive into the fate of FB, Twitter, WhatsApp as new IT rules deadline ends
3 years, 6 months ago

A dive into the fate of FB, Twitter, WhatsApp as new IT rules deadline ends

Business Standard  

Incidents of inter-community riots and chaos due to a social media message, forwarded several times, have become a big headache for the government and local law enforcement agencies. Hence, under the Information Technology Rules 2021, published on February 25, social media platforms were asked to actively monitor the content on their platform, among other things. Meanwhile, Facebook has indicated that …

EXCLUSIVE: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC that govt infringing on privacy of every Indian by forcing new IT laws
3 years, 6 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC that govt infringing on privacy of every Indian by forcing new IT laws

India Today  

It will be an understatement to say that WhatsApp is unhappy about certain IT rules that come into effect in India today. In its petition, WhatsApp says that the “IT Rules would force us to break end-to-end encryption on our messaging service and infringe upon the fundamental right to privacy and free speech of hundreds of millions of citizens using …

WhatsApp extends the deadline to accept new terms of service to June 19 in some countries
3 years, 7 months ago

WhatsApp extends the deadline to accept new terms of service to June 19 in some countries

India Today  

WhatsApp has extended the deadline of its privacy policy for some countries to June 19, 2021. WhatsApp had previously kept February 8 as the deadline for users all over the world to accept the new terms of service, which got extended to May 15 after severe backlash and criticism. Earlier this month, Germany’s lead data protection regulator had called WhatsApp’s …

WhatsApp and its dubious claims
3 years, 7 months ago

WhatsApp and its dubious claims

The Hindu  

The learned senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Arvind Datar submitted to the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp’s contentious new privacy policy came into effect from May 15, 2021. If a public policy of privacy is there in India, does it apply to WhatsApp policy?” This question acquires relevance due to the dominant market status of WhatsApp-Facebook-Instagram. In its affidavit to …

Will WhatsApp Take Back Its New Privacy Policy, In India? All That Has Happened So Far
3 years, 7 months ago

Will WhatsApp Take Back Its New Privacy Policy, In India? All That Has Happened So Far

News 18  

There is no getting around this. In the new privacy policy and terms of use, which WhatsApp simply calls “update”, the Facebook-owned app details how WhatsApp’s service handles your data as well as how WhatsApp partners with the larger Facebook platform to allow integrations across multiple apps, including Instagram and Facebook Messenger. India Has Asked WhatsApp Again To Take Back …

Haven't accepted new WhatsApp privacy policy? Don't worry, you will not lose app features
3 years, 7 months ago

Haven't accepted new WhatsApp privacy policy? Don't worry, you will not lose app features

India Today  

In what may be a big relief, WhatsApp has said users who have not accepted the new privacy policy will not lose functionality after the deadline. WhatsApp now requires all its users in India to accept the new privacy policy, a move that has been at the centre of controversies ever since Facebook announced back in January that its users …

WhatsApp privacy policy goes into effect this week: What happens to your account if you do not accept it
3 years, 7 months ago

WhatsApp privacy policy goes into effect this week: What happens to your account if you do not accept it

India Today  

WhatsApp in the early days of January 2021 sent out a pop-up notification to all its users in which they enlightened them about their new changes to the privacy policy policies. WhatsApp, which was set to enforce its new data-sharing policy from May 15, 2021 following a delay in response to a user outcry revealed on its website that it …

Why WhatsApp users in Europe can opt-out of New WhatsApp privacy policy but users in India cannot?
3 years, 8 months ago

Why WhatsApp users in Europe can opt-out of New WhatsApp privacy policy but users in India cannot?

India Today  

WhatsApp’s new terms of service will go into effect from May 15, 2021. WhatsApp faced severe criticism since the announcement of the new policy and even extended the date of the new privacy policy from February to May 2021. WhatsApp users in Europe can opt-out of the new privacy policy owing to the laws in the EU called the General …

WhatsApp to go ahead with new privacy policy, says it has conveyed commitment to protect privacy to govt
3 years, 10 months ago

WhatsApp to go ahead with new privacy policy, says it has conveyed commitment to protect privacy to govt

Firstpost  

Last month, the messaging app had faced questions from the Centre about its updated privacy policy, under which it could share limited user data with Facebook and its group firms Hours after announcing the decision to go ahead with its controversial privacy policy update, WhatsApp on Friday said it has conveyed to the Centre that it remains committed to protection …

WhatsApp's Update Policy To Appear As In-App Banner: All Your Questions Answered About New Terms
3 years, 10 months ago

WhatsApp's Update Policy To Appear As In-App Banner: All Your Questions Answered About New Terms

News 18  

WhatsApp?s much controversial update to its privacy policy and Terms of Service is now appearing as an in-app banner to inform users about the update. WhatsApp, in a newly-published blog post, says that it has “reflected” on how it could have conveyed its privacy policy better to its users, which apparently includes projecting it more clearly to its users. In …

WhatsApp Privacy Policy Will Now Appear as In-App Banner, Company Stance Remains Same
3 years, 10 months ago

WhatsApp Privacy Policy Will Now Appear as In-App Banner, Company Stance Remains Same

News 18  

WhatsApp has decided to add a new in-app banner in order to inform you about its terms of services and privacy policy. In a newly published blog post, WhatsApp says that it has “reflected” on how it could have conveyed its privacy policy better to its users, which apparently includes projecting it more clearly to its users. It further states …

WhatsApp to reach out to users via 'status' and banners on proposed privacy policy update
3 years, 10 months ago

WhatsApp to reach out to users via 'status' and banners on proposed privacy policy update

The Hindu  

WhatsApp, which faced a severe backlash over the latest update to its privacy policy, will now leverage its own platform to reach out to users directly via the “status” feature, while also putting up banners on the application, to share detailed information on the proposed policy updates. “We’ve seen some of our competitors try to get away with claiming they …

Indian Parliament Panel to Question Facebook on WhatsApp's New Privacy Terms
3 years, 11 months ago

Indian Parliament Panel to Question Facebook on WhatsApp's New Privacy Terms

News 18  

Facebook executives will field questions from an Indian parliamentary panel on Thursday about the changes to WhatsApp’s privacy, a source said, days after the messaging platform was asked by the country’s technology ministry to withdraw them. The messaging platform earlier this month kicked off a storm when it informed users it was preparing a new privacy policy, under which it …

WhatsApp responds to Indian Govt letter, calls new privacy policy a transparency measure
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp responds to Indian Govt letter, calls new privacy policy a transparency measure

India Today  

Reacting to the letter by Ministry of information and Technology, WhatsApp has said that it is ready to address any misinformation around its updated policy and remains available to answer all the questions. In a statement shared with India Today Tech, the instant messaging platform said that it is committed to protecting personal messages with end-to-end encryption and re-emphasized that …

WhatsApp pushes back policy roll out to May 15
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp pushes back policy roll out to May 15

The Hindu  

Following a severe backlash over the latest update to its privacy policy, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Saturday said it has pushed back the policy roll out by three months to May 15. There’s been a lot of misinformation causing concern and we want to help everyone understand our principles and the facts,” the company said in a blog post. WhatsApp, for …

WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy

The Hindu  

WhatsApp's updated privacy policy verges on user surveillance and threatens India's security, a petition filed in an Indian court said on Thursday,presenting another legal challenge for the Facebook Inc-owned messenger. In India, many users have began installing rival apps like Signal and Telegram, pushing WhatsApp to begin a costly advertising campaign to calm customers. "It virtually gives a 360-degree profile …

WhatsApp battles privacy concerns in India – its biggest market
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp battles privacy concerns in India – its biggest market

Al Jazeera  

Though WhatsApp has yet to see mass uninstalls of its app in India, users concerned about privacy are increasingly downloading rival apps. Though WhatsApp has yet to see mass uninstalls of its app in India, users concerned about privacy are increasingly downloading rival apps such as Signal and Telegram, research firms say, propelling them higher on the download charts and …

Signal is a beneficiary of WhatsApp privacy policy: Some challenges it needs to tackle in the coming days
3 years, 11 months ago

Signal is a beneficiary of WhatsApp privacy policy: Some challenges it needs to tackle in the coming days

India Today  

Signal messaging app has seen a massive surge of downloads on Android and iOS within a week. There's no doubt that Signal had been a significant beneficiary of WhatsApp's new privacy policy that hasn't been accepted well by privacy concerned users. On the other hand, WhatsApp and Facebook reportedly collect data like purchase history, advertising data, other user content, address, …

WhatsApp updates privacy policy, asks users to accept terms of service to continue using app
3 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp updates privacy policy, asks users to accept terms of service to continue using app

India Today  

WhatsApp users in India and other countries woke up to an in-app notification about its new terms of service and privacy policy. “WhatsApp is updating its terms and privacy policy,” the notification that is sent to Android and iOS users by the company read. “How businesses can use Facebook hosted services to store and manage their WhatsApp chats and How …

WhatsApp in-app notifications tool goes live for iPhone users, here's how you can check the settings
4 years ago

WhatsApp in-app notifications tool goes live for iPhone users, here's how you can check the settings

India Today  

WhatsApp has rolled out its in-app notification system for iPhone users and will inform users about updates within the app but will not involve ads. Users can alter their settings to make changes to how the in-app notifications will appear inside the app. If users choose None, WhatsApp will not send any in-app notifications. WhatsApp users can update their app …

WhatsApp Is Updating Its Terms and Privacy Policy And Users Need to Accept Them or Delete Their Account
4 years ago

WhatsApp Is Updating Its Terms and Privacy Policy And Users Need to Accept Them or Delete Their Account

News 18  

Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp appears to be working on a new feature that will alert users about upcoming updates via in-app banners. According to a screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, users will need to “accept the new terms to continue using WhatsApp” or they can “always delete” their account. Similarly, a company spokesperson has confirmed to UK-based publication The Independent that …

WhatsApp to Add In-app Banner for Official Notifications, to Update Terms of Service in 2021
4 years ago

WhatsApp to Add In-app Banner for Official Notifications, to Update Terms of Service in 2021

News 18  

WhatsApp appears to be working on a new feature that will alert users about the official updates coming to the platform through in-app banners. As per a screenshot, users will need to “accept the new terms to continue using WhatsApp” or they can “always delete” the account. Similarly, a company spokesperson has confirmed to a publication that all users “must …

WhatsApp Disappearing Messages goes live in India, here is how to use it
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Disappearing Messages goes live in India, here is how to use it

India Today  

Days after WhatsApp made the Disappearing Messages official, the feature has now been rolled out in India. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the option to use disappearing messages on WhatsApp.” The disappearing message is an opt-in feature, which when turned on will delete the message sent after seven days. The shopping list or store address you received a few …

WhatsApp Disappearing Messages Now Live in India: Here's How to Use it on iOS, Android and Desktop
4 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp Disappearing Messages Now Live in India: Here's How to Use it on iOS, Android and Desktop

News 18  

WhatsApp ‘disappearing messages’ feature is finally available in India and users can now use it across all platforms, that is, WhatsApp for Android, iOS, desktop, KaiOS and web. To enable the feature on WhatsApp for Android and iOS devices, users will need to open a WhatsApp chat > Tap the contact’s name > Tap Disappearing messages > If prompted, tap …

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