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WhatsApp is testing a change that will put a chat's wallpaper on the screen even when a voice call is made.

WhatsApp is rolling out a change that allows people to get support in-app via a standard WhatsApp thread.

WhatsApp is reportedly testing a new animated emoji feature with multiple colored hearts now available to beta testers.

WhatsApp continues to work towards bringing reactions to the instant messager app and is now testing new notification settings ahead of the official release.

WhatsApp is testing a change that will allow users to continue to listen to a voice note even after they move away from the chat thread that it lives in.

Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike has announced that his is stepping down with WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton taking over the reins, at least for now.

Users of iPhones and iPads can now take advantage of a new Gmail widget that shows the three most recent messages that are in your inbox.

The popular cross-platform instant messaging app WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will see people receive notifications when they are mentioned in a group message.

Apple appears to be in the process of fixing an issue where certain holidays from 2022 were missing from its Calendar app.

WhatsApp now allows people to preview their voice messages before they send them.

WhatsApp is now testing cryptocurrency payments through Novi, which will users send and receive money through their messages.

Gmail users can now join and start video and voice calls right from within the Gmail app, Google has confirmed.

WhatsApp users can now set disappearing messages as the default for all new chats rather than making the change individually.

WhatsApp is testing a change to chat bubbles when voice notes are received, with some beta users now seeing a waveform.

WhatsApp is reportedly working on new playback speed controls for audio messages and the feature is now being tested with beta testers.

A new update to Google Messages will now display iMessage reactions from iPhone the same way on an Android phone.