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Lauren Goode / Wired: Messaging apps should consider reviving AIM's Away Message to create better social boundaries around people's time, as people treat the apps like live chats — The live chats of the past are now in our pockets and inescapable. We need better boundaries. — In the beginning, there was AOL Instant Messenger. Lauren Goode / Wired: Messaging apps should consider reviving AIM's Away Message to create better social boundaries around people's time, as people…

WhatsApp could be about to fix one of the biggest nightmares with those endless Group Chats we're part of. The upgrade, which is currently being tested, will make it much easier to leave a group without everyone knowing about it. Right now, if you exit a Group Chat the entire list of contacts - that are part of the conversation - will get a notification revealing that you've had enough and are heading out of the door.The Meta-owned firm clearly realises this could cause some issues and it appears they are now working on a…

It seems like an interesting new feature is on its way to WhatsApp. WhatsApp may soon allow you to silently exit group chats. In other words, you may be able to leave groups without other users being notified about it.WhatsApp may soon allow you to silently exit group chatsHow does it work now? Well, whenever you leave a group chat, other users will automatically be notified in that chat. This would prevent them from being notified entirely. The only way they’d know, is if they went to check who’s left in the…

Google’s Data Transfer Tool, the standard tool for copying files from one Android to another or from iOS to Android, is preparing to offer a way to copy your WhatsApp chats from your iPhone. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features. Keep in mind that Google…

WhatsApp has been found to be testing the ability to show Status updates directly from the Chats list. The new addition is likely to give a boost to the Status feature on the instant messaging app as users will be able to quickly look at the statuses of their contacts. Additionally, WhatsApp has been spotted working on a feature to let users create group polls on the desktop. It would let group members vote for a specific option and look at the total number of votes received.As per a report by WhatsApp beta tracker…

WhatsApp is looking to make the message timer feature also work with existing chats. It currently allows users to create new individual chats with the message timer feature turned on by default. This update to the message timer feature is currently said to be in the works for WhatsApp for Android beta users. In related news, WhatsApp is reportedly also working on bringing a redesigned security page with the latest build of the WhatsApp Desktop beta. A similarly redesigned security page has reportedly already been in…

WhatsApp now allows you to permanently hide chats by archiving them, even if new messages come in that conversation. This feature from the Facebook-owned messaging company is a great way of shutting off unwanted conversations, and keeping them from showing up in your main list of chats. The Archive folder essentially allows users to ignore a group or person without having to block them.Up until very recently, WhatsApp allowed users to Archive chats that kept them hidden until a new message comes on the group, which then…

WhatsApp for Windows has been spotted testing an archived chats feature that has been available on mobile devices for some time. The new addition will allow users to hide a particular individual or group chat from their chats list to reduce clutter and organise their conversations in a better way. The feature has been in testing for beta testers on the Universal Windows Platform version of WhatsApp, which is currently under development as a native app designed for Windows 10 and newer Windows operating system versions.As…

WhatsApp is rolling out a feature that will prevent media from being automatically saved to the smartphone's gallery or Camera Roll, when disappearing messages are enabled in a chat. The encrypted messaging service will still allow users to manually save media sent in disappearing chats. The company has also been spotted working on new image editing tools on the latest beta version of its iOS app — with the addition of two new pencil tools to annotate or markup images before sending them on WhatsApp.The Meta-owned…

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new polling feature for group members on iOS. The functionality will allow users to create polls within the group quickly on the Meta-owned instant messaging platform with possible options. The latest update is reportedly spotted on the WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.9.0.70 update. WhatsApp is reportedly planning to add group polls functionality in a future update of the app and it has not been released to beta testers yet. However, the company hasn't officially announced when it intends to…