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Tag: WhatsApp

WhatsApp: Ads in status, promoted channels, and channel subscriptions on their way

Posted on June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 by Martin Brinkmann

Meta-owned WhatsApp announced new features for the messaging service’s updates tab designed to “help” WhatsApp users find more channels and businesses on the messaging platform. All three features are added to the tab updates in WhatsApp. They are: The primary purpose of these changes is to increase monetization on the platform and thus Meta’s revenue….

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WhatsApp finally has an answer for annoying voice messages

Posted on November 22, 2024November 22, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

I have to admit that I do use WhatsApp for communication with certain relatives and friends. Some of them have the habit of sending voice messages instead of text messages. If you are like me, you dislike this a lot. I have to play the messages to listen to them, and may have to replay…

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WhatsApp: set an optional username and Pin for protection against unwanted messages

Posted on August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that is intended to improve the privacy of its users. The main idea adds two new features to the messaging service: Any WhatsApp user may contact any other user on the platform currently. All that is required for that is a phone number. While the contacted user has…

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WhatsApp: the end of Spam? New feature is a tiny step towards that goal

Posted on August 17, 2024August 17, 2024 by Martin Brinkmann

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will block messages from unknown accounts. Before you get too excited about it, there is a big but coming up soon. If you are using WhatsApp, you may have experienced your fair share of spam. Be it messages from unknown accounts or even calls. Over the past…

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