In December, we started rolling out default end-to-end encryption for personal messages on Messenger, providing an extra layer of security for your messages. Today we’re sharing a quick overview on end-to-end encryption and what it means for your Messenger chats. What Is End-to-End Encryption? End-to-end encryption helps protect your privacy by ensuring no one sees…
WhatsApp has just submitted a new stable update for the Mac app, available on the App Store: the build number is 24.6.77. What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is releasing navigation improvements and bug fixes to everyone! Common questions Answers Changelog about? New update Status? Available Compatibility? WhatsApp for Mac 24.6.77 is marked as a…
Meta’s family of apps serves trillions of image download requests every day. And if you’re into high-quality images, you’ve probably noticed that Instagram and Threads have added support for high dynamic range (HDR) photos. Now people on Threads and Instagram can upload and share images that are more true-to-life, with the full color and range…
WhatsApp has just submitted a new update through the TestFlight beta Program, bringing the version up to 24.6.10.74. What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is working on a privacy feature to control who can use your avatar in their stickers, and it will be available in a future update! Common questions Answers Name of the…
Bandwidth estimation (BWE) and congestion control play an important role in delivering high-quality real-time communication (RTC) across Meta’s family of apps. We’ve adopted a machine learning (ML)-based approach that allows us to solve networking problems holistically across cross-layers such as BWE, network resiliency, and transport. We’re sharing our experiment results from this approach, some of…
WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.24.7.15. What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is working on a text status feature for group mentions, and it will be available in a future update! Common questions Answers Name of the feature? Text status Status? Under…
Threads has entered the fediverse! As part of our beta experience, now available in a few countries, Threads users aged 18+ with public profiles can now choose to share their Threads posts to other ActivityPub-compliant servers. People on those servers can now follow federated Threads profiles and see, like, reply to, and repost posts from…
WhatsApp has just submitted a new update through the TestFlight beta Program, bringing the version up to 24.6.10.73. What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is working on a feature to create group chat events for communities, and it will be available in a future update! Common questions Answers Name of the feature? Events Status? Under…
Systems and application logs play a key role in operations, observability, and debugging workflows at Meta. Logarithm is a hosted, serverless, multitenant service, used only internally at Meta, that consumes and indexes these logs and provides an interactive query interface to retrieve and view logs. In this post, we present the design behind Logarithm, and…
As the world’s largest democracy prepares for the 18th General Elections, Meta will continue efforts to limit misinformation, remove voter interference, and enhance transparency and accountability on our platforms to support free and fair elections. Towards this, we have around 40,000 people globally working on safety and security, with more than $20 billion invested in…
WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.24.7.3. What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is rolling out a feature to scan UPI QR codes from the chats list, and it’s available to some beta testers! Common questions Answers Name of the feature? UPI QR…
Missed our weekly WhatsApp beta updates? Catch up now with our summary! Among the 10 stories we shared, the best news of the week is about a feature in development on Android to pin more than 3 chats. Common questions Answers Story about? WhatsApp news of the week I’ve installed the latest update of WhatsApp…
WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.24.7.1. What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is working on a search bar feature for the chats list interface, and it will be available in a future update! Common questions Answers Name of the feature? Search bar…
The Gaming industry is among India’s rising sectors growing rapidly on the back of digital technologies. To further equip these businesses with consumer trends that are influencing gamers in India, today we unveiled findings from a Meta-commissioned study by online insights platform GWI. These findings show the impactful role of Meta platforms, especially that of…