The main drawback of the new WhatsApp is that it's a wrapped web app, which means it uses more RAM than a native application.

WhatsApp’s promise of private, end-to-end encrypted chats is colliding with a harsher reality: the platform’s sheer scale has turned it into a high‑value target for surveillance tools that do not need ...

An unofficial WhatsApp app has been stealing access keys for users’ accounts. The app, called ‘Yo WhatsApp’, was promoted through ads in other Android applications such as Snaptube, which allows users ...

An update to WhatsApp will reportedly end support for iPhone operating system versions prior to iOS 15.1, which Apple released in 2021. It means that anyone using WhatsApp on an iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, ...

The messengers WhatsApp and Signal reveal a lot about users through the runtimes of message confirmations. A proof-of-concept ...

WhatsApp has now launched an official Android beta testing program. The move could expand the Facebook-owned company’s ability to reach a broader range of testers by making it easier to sign up to ...

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has launched a new cloud-based business API for its other major social platform, WhatsApp. The news – which was announced this week by company founder Mark ...

The new feature could help WhatsApp better compete with the likes of Skype and Viber, which offer both chatting and voice calling. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

Hit that send button a little too soon? WhatsApp now has an edit feature that lets you edit sent messages, letting you fix a typo or maybe giving you a chance to rethink your words. The new feature is ...

Many users of Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging software were scrambling to patch the program on Tuesday, in response to news of a flaw that allowed spyware to be installed on mobile phones running ...

WhatsApp is working on a new Mac app that uses Apple's Mac Catalyst development framework and this will let it use system resources more efficiently. WhatsApp — owned by Meta — currently offers a ...