The WhatsApp Category

Mar13

WhatsApp Community could be coming to WhatsApp for Business soon

Posted by Ola Ric on Mar 13, 2023

WhatsApp Community could be coming to WhatsApp for Business soon

Image Credit: Forbes WhatsApp for Business could welcome the Community feature in a feature update. This was revealed by reliable tech blogger WABetaInfo through his regular blog update. The version, according to the tracker, is marked within WhatsApp Settings 2.23.5.75. The feature is for a future update, and is not immediately available. What that means is that businesses will finally have access to a feature that has been a part of the normal WhatsApp app. Once it is released, businesses will be able to create and manage communities, especially on Android; with the iOS version also due for a release sometime in the future. From the screenshot posted by WABetaInfo, a new entry point for Communities has been added within the app settings, rather than getting rid of the business tools tab that was added last year. Credit: WABetaInfo Businesses will finally have access to the list of all the communities they have joined in the past. These include their subgroups and community announcement groups. Also, businesses will be able to create new communities within this section, the same way other users can in the customer app. It is going to serve as a big plus for businesses on WhatsApp as they would be able to do a lot of things including managing their communication channels and much more. The Communities feature on WhatsApp for Business is still being developed, and will not be available until a future update of the app. WhatsApp’s Communities feature was launched late 2022, after it was first announced in April, but was then available as a limited test. It is a feature designed to help schools, private groups, organizations, and clubs better communicate and organize. With Communities, there are a number of controls, including admin controls, voice and video calls involving 32 users, polls, larger file sharing, emoji reactions, support for sub-groups and announcement groups. Communities works by allowing you to bring other related groups together in one place. This is aimed at keeping conversation going, and better organized. You can add people to your Communities by sharing a link. This enables you to add new and existing groups to the feature. Start by opening your Community > tap for more options > tap invite members. Tap or click more options > invite members. From the options available, choose how you would love...

Mar03

WhatsApp payment system gets Brazil’s Central Bank’s nod

Posted by Ola Ric on Mar 3, 2023

WhatsApp payment system gets Brazil’s Central Bank’s nod

Good news for Meta as its chat app WhatsApp has been given the nod to process payments for small and medium-sized businesses in the South American country. This will allow WhatsApp to build on its existing peer-to-peer payment system. Meta has retained a long-term interest in using the Brazilian market to launch into other regions as it continues to grow WhatsApp payment. The company sees Brazil as a major test ground, especially as its ads business continues to experience difficult times. Users in Brazil have been making p2p payments since 2021, but the recent approval from the country’s Central Bank opens up a new chapter for merchants to receive payments. “Soon, WhatsApp users will be able to pay for products and services directly in a conversation with Mastercard and Visa debit and credit cards,” Guilherme Horn, head of WhatsApp Latin America, said in a LinkedIn post per Reuters. In his response, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said through his Instagram broadcast channel that “people will be able to pay small businesses right on WhatsApp.” In June 2020, WhatsApp payments feature was suspended in Brazil just a few days after it was launched in the country. Brazil remains WhatsApp’s second biggest market with 120 million users. The Central Bank said at the time that it wanted to ensure competition in the payment system market. To “Preserve an adequate competitive environment, that ensures the functioning of a payment system that’s interchangeable, fast, secure, transparent, open and cheap,” Authorities requested that MasterCard and Visa stop payment and money transfer activities through the WhatsApp. In February 2020, Meta said plans were being concluded to roll out the payments feature in multiple countries two years after the feature was first launched in India. Founder Zuckerberg at Facebook’s Q4 2019 earnings call said that he expects the payment feature to start rolling out to several countries. In India, WhatsApp pay did not get regulatory approval to operate the country until 2020. The roll out approval was given by the National Payments Corporation of India [NPCI]. The permission given to WhatsApp Pay, however, did not come without a caveat as WhatsApp was told by the NPCI that expansion of payments to users can only be in “graded manner.” The NCI said WhatsApp could extend its payment service to 20 million people and must also work with multiple banking partners....

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Jan25

WhatsApp’s Native Mac App for macOS in Beta — Available to All

Posted By Jane Danes on Jan 25, 2023

WhatsApp Native macOS App WhatsApp finally introduced its native macOS app. Do you have a Mac with M1 or M2 chip? You can download the test version of the said app. On the other hand, if you are using Intel Macs that can run apps built with Mac Catalyst can also use this native application. It was first released in July last year, according to this report. During that time, users would have to obtain the app from TestFlight, which...

Jan20

WhatsApp is working on the ability to share voice notes via Status updates

Posted By Ola Ric on Jan 20, 2023

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow you to share voice notes via Status updates. This is by far the most interesting feature in a long time. If released, the feature will let you share voice notes with a specific audience. According to WABetaInfo, the feature is now available to some beta testers after updating to version 2.23.2.8 on Android. iOS users, according to the tracker, will soon have access to the...

Jan13

WhatsApp rolling out the ability to detect text in images

Posted By Ola Ric on Jan 13, 2023

Finally, WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to detect text within images in chats. It is a long overdue feature, and I am sure most users will be happy with this latest update. The yet-to-be released feature was uncovered by reliable tech blogger WABetaInfo, who posted the screenshot on his blog. In the screenshot, it is [for those on beta] easy to extract text from images within your conversations. However, it is important at this...

Jan05

WhatsApp adds proxy support to bypass government restrictions

Posted By Ola Ric on Jan 5, 2023

Some good news for all people living in countries like Iran and the likes—WhatsApp has added proxy support to bypass restrictions. If you live in one of those regions or countries where the government does not encourage the use of WhatsApp, you can now bypass the block and use the service as normal. In a blog post today, WhatsApp said “Choosing a proxy enables you to connect to WhatsApp through servers set up by volunteers and...

Dec24

WhatsApp could soon add the ability to report Status update

Posted By Ola Ric on Dec 24, 2022

Image Credit: WABetaInfo WhatsApp is working on a new addition to Status. Per WABetaInfo, the chat app could soon add the ability to report a status update on WhatsApp Desktop beta. Currently, it is possible to report messages and contacts to WhatsApp if you have any issues with some of the messages you have received. If you think such messages have violated WhatsApp’s policy, then you have the right to report them to the moderators....

Dec04

WhatsApp is rolling out picture in picture mode for video calls

Posted By Ola Ric on Dec 4, 2022

Image Credit: WABetaInfo A picture-in-picture mode feature could be on the card when making video calls on WhatsApp. That is the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.24.0.79 update as per WABetaInfo. As per the above screenshot, you can use other apps while placing a video call on WhatsApp. If available for you, a picture-in-picture view will immediately appear when you multitasks with other apps on your device. The feature, according to...

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