WhatsApp is getting its own version of a status update feature, similar to Instagram Notes. As on Instagram, the new feature allows users of the Meta-owned messaging app to post a short text update ...

WhatsApp is quietly reshaping how its users broadcast quick thoughts by testing a text-first status format that strongly echoes Instagram’s Notes feature. Instead of relying only on photos and videos, ...

WhatsApp Status is getting a bit of a facelift. Status is WhatsApp's version of an AIM away message (an ancient AOL feature from the early days of the social internet), which basically allows users to ...

WhatsApp is introducing Private Mentions and likes to its Status feature. Users can now privately tag their friends in their WhatsApp Status, which is resharable by the tagged person. A new green ...

WhatsApp has added new elements to its Status feature in a bid to make it more interactive. Most of the new features aren't entirely new features and have been taken directly from Instagram like the ...

The new WhatsApp build on TestFlight includes references to an upcoming change that will bring Status updates (which is the app’s version of Instagram’s Story format) to the Chats tab. Here are the ...

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After years of providing free services without any bells attached, WhatsApp is now going to start showing ads on the popular chat app. To be clear, users will only see ads on the Status screen — the ...