On July 5, 2023, Meta launched Threads, the newest product in our family of apps, to an unprecedented success that saw it garner over 100 million sign ups in its first five days. A small, nimble team of engineers built Threads over the course of only five months of technical work. While the app’s production…
Today we announced our partnership with Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) to enable and educate small businesses in building seamless conversational buyer and seller experiences on WhatsApp through an ecosystem of our business and technical solution providers. As part of this collaboration, ONDC will help these business solution providers become seller apps, bringing the…
Last week, WhatsApp released a new chat filter feature for the web client, designed to help users categorize their conversations by choosing the filter that better suits their needs. This feature is currently available to some users when using the latest beta version of WhatsApp Web. Common questions Answers Name of the feature? Chat filter…
Next year, more than two billion people will head to the polls in elections across some of the world’s biggest democracies, including the United States, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the European Union. Over many years, Meta has developed a comprehensive approach for elections on our platforms. With so many important elections approaching, we are setting…
WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.26.13.What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is rolling out a new layout for the status updates header, and it is available to some beta testers! WABetaInfo Channel Stay updated with the latest news by following our channel…
Update December 12, 2023 at 12:05PM PT: Our next-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses include Meta AI for an integrated hands-free, on-the-go experience. You can use Meta AI to spark creativity, get information and control the glasses just by using your voice. Today we’re introducing new updates to make the glasses smarter and more helpful than…
WhatsApp is rolling out a new update for the Windows native app through the official beta channel on the Microsoft Store, bringing the version up to 2.2350.3.0.What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is rolling out a feature to manage emoji replacement, and it’s available to some beta testers! WABetaInfo Channel Stay updated with the latest…
Today I’m delighted to announce that we are rolling out default end-to-end encryption for personal messages and calls on Messenger and Facebook, as well as a suite of new features that let you further control your messaging experience. We take our responsibility to protect your messages seriously and we’re thrilled that after years of investment…
WhatsApp has just submitted a new update through the TestFlight beta Program, bringing the version up to 23.25.10.77. The version marked within WhatsApp Settings is 2.23.25.77 and the TestFlight build is 23.25.10 (544815227).What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is rolling out a feature for channel owners to check channel alerts, and it’s available to some…
With over 100 million downloads of Llama models to date, a lot of this innovation is being fueled by open models. In order to build trust in the developers driving this new wave of innovation, we’re launching Purple Llama, an umbrella project that will bring together tools and evaluations to help developers build responsibly with…
If you missed our stories this week about the latest updates to WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop, this is a good time to catch up thanks to our summary. Among the 9 stories we shared, the best news of the week is about the high-quality photo and video option, a new feature under…
We are beginning to upgrade people’s personal conversations on Messenger to use end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default. Meta is publishing two technical white papers on end-to-end encryption: Today, we’re announcing that we’ve begun to upgrade people’s personal conversations on Messenger to use E2EE by default. Our aim is to ensure that everyone’s personal messages on…
We introduced View Once for photos and videos back in 2021 to add another layer of privacy to your messages. Today, we’re excited to announce you can now send a voice message that will disappear once listened to. For reading out your credit card details to a friend, or when you’re planning a surprise, you…
WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.26.3.What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is working on a feature to send high-quality photos and videos to status, and it will be available in a future update of the app! WABetaInfo Channel Stay updated with the…