The insanely popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp has announced a tweak to its existing multi-device support that makes it easier than ever for people to stay in touch with their friends and family.In a message posted on the official WhatsApp account on Twitter, the Meta-owned messaging outfit said that users can now link their WhatsApp account to up to four different devices, with chats synced and encrypted, "even if your phones goes offline." That means that your iPhone or Android phone's battery can die mid-chat, but you'll still be able to continue elsewhere.

WhatsApp could find itself blocked in the United Kingdom over a spat about encryption. And Signal might wind up joining it.Both WhatsApp and Signal are taking a stand against the U.K. government's attempts to weaken the encryption of services like theirs. It's said that the government's aim is to help weed out child abuse material that is sent via the services, but it would also make them less private for everyone else at the same time.Now, the BBC reports that WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart is willing to have his app kicked out of the U.K. entirely rather than relent and reduce the effectiveness of its end-to-end encryption."Our users all around the world want security - 98% of our users are outside the UK, they do not want us to lower the security of the product," Cathcart is reported as having said. "And the app would rather accept being blocked in the U.K."Cathcart was also quick to point out that WhatsApp was similarly blocked in Iran, as if to point out the company the U.K. would be keeping if things went that way.WhatsApp could be joined by Signal after its own president, Meredith Whittaker, said that the company would be pushing back in an attempt to protect its own encryption from governmental meddling. Whittaker had previously told the BBC that Signal would "100% walk" if the U.K. required it to weaken its encryption.

The hugely popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will make it easier for people to arrange group calls.An updated WhatsApp beta for iPhone has added the ability to schedule a group call. When a call is scheduled, everyone who is part of the WhatsApp group chat will be notified once it actually starts.

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow people to send photos and other images in their original quality for the first time.Sending photos via WhatsApp is a quick and easy way to share them with friends and family, but there has always been an issue in terms of what the service does to those photos. Even if you choose to transfer photos in the best quality the app allows, WhatsApp still downgrades them.That might be about to change.A new report by WABetaInfo notes that WhatsApp is already testing a new feature that will allow people to send photos without impacting the quality of the image received at the other end."WhatsApp plans to integrate a new setting icon within the drawing tool header: this will enable users to configure the quality of any photo," the report says before adding that "thanks to this feature, it will finally be possible to select an option to send photos in their original quality."

WhatsApp will cease support for a selection of iPhones and Android handsets as we enter a new year.

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will allow messages to disappear as soon as they have been read by their recipient, improving privacy.

Meta's avatars are available to be used in WhatsApp for the first time, with the instant messaging app offering 36 custom stickers for people to try.

A leak of WhatsApp data could mean that 500 million people's up-to-date phone numbers are being sold online for as little as $2,000.

WhatsApp is in the process of rolling out a new feature which is pretty simple but potentially very useful - Message Yourself.

WhatsApp announced a new feature called Communities earlier in 2022, and it's now confirmed that it's rolling the system out for all users.

Meta-owned WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature, called Communities, which it tested for a number of months before launching. Here is everything you need to know.

Popular messaging service WhatsApp now seems to be working again.

WhatsApp is now testing the ability to add a poll to a chat that includes just two people, making it somewhat pointless.

Messaging giant WhatsApp is reportedly testing whether it can raise the limit on group participants in its app to a massive 1,024, just weeks after it tested the option for 512-person groups.

UK communications regulator Ofcom is examining the impact of chat and video services, such as WhatsApp, Zoom and FaceTime, on traditional calling and messaging. It is also attempting to find out whether their inability to allow cross-platform communication raises concerns.

There are a number of great features built into the WhatsApp messaging platform, including Disappearing Messages, the ability to hide your online status and profile picture from specific contacts and the ability to delete a message once you have sent it.

Meta is looking at its competitors, like Twitter, and taking note of how they are charging subscribers. Because it might do the same.

WhatsApp offers a number of features within its messaging app, from Disappearing Messages to the ability to delete a message after you have sent it, as long as you do it within a certain time frame.

WhatsApp has rolled out an update for its native app on Windows, refreshing its design in a few ways but also untethering the app from your phone.

WhatsApp already has a number of privacy features like hiding read receipts or your profile picture from certain contacts, but there are a few more rolling out that users will no doubt be thrilled about.

WhatsApp is a hugely useful messaging tool that can make it really easy to keep in contact with friends, family and colleagues.

Meta has announced that its Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses will be getting new hands-free features.

WhatsApp appears to be developing a feature that would allow users to upload a voice note to their Status.

WhatsApp rolled out some new features over the past week, and they're particularly useful if you find yourself on a lot of group calls.

WhatsApp is rolling out some privacy options to give you more control over who sees what about your profile on the social media service.

Meta is updating WhatsApp with the ability to let you easily transfer your conversation history from Android to iPhone. Previously, it only allowed you to move chats from iPhone to Android. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the change in a Facebook post, addressing long-existing complaints about how difficult it can be to migrate phone data between the two mobile operating systems. Here is everything you need to know about how to transfer WhatsApp chats between your phones, no matter if you use Android or iPhone.

WhatsApp only recently increased the number of participants that could take part in a group from 8 to 32, but now the messaging platform is upping the number again, this time to 512. 

WhatsApp is testing a feature that allows users to edit sent messages on iOS, Android and the messaging platform's web app.

WhatsApp has had a disappearing messages system for a couple of years now, letting you set certain chats to wipe their messages after seven days if you're concerned about privacy or just want to avoid an ever-expanding archive.

One of the consistent parts of the WhatsApp experience over the last decade or so has been the stomach-churning fear of knowing that leaving a group is a very public act - your departure has always been announced to the whole chat when you enact it.

WhatsApp has end-to-end encryption. But what does that mean and how does it impact on you? 

Meta-owned WhatsApp allows users to download and view the data it collects.

Following the recent slew of announcements regarding WhatsApp Communities features coming to the app, an update appears to confirm that the ability to add up to 32 contacts to a group call is already rolling out to some users. 

As part of its beta testing program, WhatsApp is changing some privacy options in its app to allow you to hide your online status. 

WhatsApp might be planning to add another useful feature to its chat app, according to a leaked screenshot of a work-in-progress addition.

Apple is reportedly not only considering launching a hardware subscription service so you can get the iPhone for a recurring monthly fee, but it's also even planning to build its own financial services infrastructure.