Meta is integrating its AI Studio into WhatsApp, so you can build your own AI chatbot assistant and use it within the messaging software.

WhatsApp will let you sign in to the service with a username instead of your phone number for increased privacy when messaging and texting.

Meta is rolling out a small but important privacy tweak in WhatsApp to ensure messages you've deleted are also removed from quoted replies.

WhatsApp’s long-overdue dedicated iPad app has finally landed, allowing you to use the messaging platform on the tablet with no workarounds.

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Meta has finally released a native WhatsApp interface for Apple's iPad, available in WhatsApp for iOS v25.16.81 which just hit the App Store.

Learn how to start an audio chat on WhatsApp with some or all of group participants, adjust live audio privacy, change call setting and more.

Learn how to use the same WhatsApp account with the same phone number on two or more smartphones so you can chat and call from all devices.

Learn how to boost privacy on WhatsApp by blocking chat participants from exporting your conversations and downloading media to their phone.

In a petty move, Meta blocks access to Apple Intelligence's Writing Tools feature across its apps on iPhone and Mac.

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Apple Intelligence is no longer available inside of Meta's most popular apps such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads.

Meta has released a major WhatsApp update bringing several new features and improvements across calls, group chats, events, channels and more.

WhatsApp is testing an advanced chat privacy feature to limit the sharing of messages, photos and videos in individual and group conversations.

Learn how to set WhatsApp for iPhone as the default app for placing outgoing VoIP calls and sending messages instead of the built-in ones.

WhatsApp's latest beta release for iOS lets you replace your iPhone's default Phone and Messages apps with it.

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WhatsApp is testing a new threaded replies feature to make replying to specific message in busy group chats less confusing.

Learn how to ask questions and get help from ChatGPT directly inside WhatsApp on your iPhone, iPad, Android phone, or computer.

WhatsApp is testing automatically clearing the unread message count badge on its icon every time you open the app to reduce Home Screen clutter.

Learn how to mark unopened WhatsApp messages as read or read texts as unread on your iPhone, Android smartphone, iPad, or computer.