Google Messages starts testing emoji reactions

Like WhatsApp and Instagram, Google is also now inculcating emojis into its messages app. Users can now respond with any emojis.

New WhatsApp poll feature may prove useful for getting a decision

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp will now allow users to create polls. This is a response from the company to user demand as earlier people could not just make pools in the platform and to do something like this

WhatsApp is back online after a two-hour glitch

Millions of users worldwide were unable to send and receive messages today due to a technical issue with WhatsApp servers. While users couldn’t send any messages to group chats, their messages to individual chats weren’t delivered because it was showing only one tick.

Thousands of WhatsApp users report an outage across the globe

A spike in users reporting WhatsApp’s outage has been observed on Downdetector, a website that monitors online outages around the world.

Malicious WhatsApp mod hits Middle East users

Kaspersky researchers discovered a new malicious version of YoWhatsApp, a popular WhatsApp messenger mod. Popular for providing features not available in the official app, this mod spreads the infamous Triada mobile Trojan, which can download other Trojans, issue paid subscriptions, and even steal WhatsApp accounts.