Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp is testing a new feature that lets users turn off their camera before accepting video calls. Right now, your front camera turns on automatically when you receive a video call, and you can ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp is working on emoji reactions and a raise hand feature for video calls. The new features appear in beta version 2.25.5.21. You can access these features by tapping on the horizontal three dots. ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp could soon introduce UPI Lite for faster, PIN-free payments. UPI Lite allows users to add funds to a dedicated wallet for quick, low-value transactions. This simplifies and speeds up frequent but low-value payments ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp chat themes have been rolled out to all users on Android and iOS. These let you customize the background and colors of your chats. This feature first appeared in beta last year, but ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp’s upcoming auto-translate tool could have the ability to detect languages in a chat automatically. It might require users to download an additional Automatic language detection pack measuring 24MB. The messenger is also working ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Code within the latest WhatsApp beta suggests that Google could integrate WhatsApp into the upcoming Pixel Besties feature. The “Pixel Besties” feature could centralize your calls and messages from your favorite contacts in one ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages might soon allow users to initiate WhatsApp video calls directly from the app. Users can currently initiate Google Meet video calls, but the service could prefer WhatsApp in the future. Google Messages ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp could soon introduce bill payments in India, taking on rivals like PhonePe and Google Pay. We discovered the upcoming feature in an APK teardown of WhatsApp beta version 2.25.3.15. It’s unclear when the ...

Mahmoud Itani / Android Authority TL;DR  In December, OpenAI introduced official ChatGPT support on WhatsApp, initially limited to text input.  You can now send images and voice notes to the AI chatbot on WhatsApp, and it will respond with text. ...

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR A recent WhatsApp beta build for Android lets some users check view-once media on linked devices. Before this change, users were limited to viewing expiring attachments on their primary phones. This could make it ...