Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR WhatsApp has announced several new features inspired by tools from Meta’s other platforms. Camera effects from video calls are now available for photos and videos taken directly in chats. Quick reactions and selfie stickers ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Meta recently launched AI characters on WhatsApp, letting eligible users text custom-built chatbots. Based on a new WhatsApp beta build for Android, the company could soon let users create AI characters directly in the ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The latest WhatsApp update adds the party popper as the seventh default emoji reaction. The update also introduces a dynamic confetti animation triggered by certain party emojis. The party popper may only be a ...

The US court has found that NSO Group, the company behind Pegasus spyware, attacked 1,400 users’ devices through WhatsApp. WhatsApp filed a lawsuit against NSO Group in 2019 alleging it used Pegasus to spy on the phones of journalists, activists, ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Task scams are on the rise. According to the FTC, the number of them increased from 5,000 in 2023 to 20,000 in just the first six months of 2024. Scammers apparently managed to rake in ...