Right now, WhatsApp on iOS simply displays the senders name, and depending on your notification settings within iOS 15, it will simply say 'notification' below the name rather than offer any preview of the message's content. January 7: WhatsApp on iOS is set to get profile photo notifications in a future updateĪfter doing some digging in the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS, WABetaInfo (opens in new tab) has discovered that version 2.22.1.1 of the beta will offer profile photos in message notifications.

2GB may not sound like much, but it does offer a great deal more flexibility when it comes to sending things via WhatsApp. The previous limit was just 100MB, which isn’t a great deal these days - especially if you want to share video. The increased file-sharing size is also welcome. The latest version lets up to 512 people take part, and you better hope they’re not all trying to talk at once that would sound like a nightmarish conversation to try and keep up with. Previously group chats could include up to 256 people at any given time, which is already a pretty big number. Among the changes are the ability to react to messages with emojis, send files up to 2GB in size and even bigger group chats.

WhatsApp rolled out some major changes aimed at making the service that much better - and in some cases much closer to competing messenger apps. May 9: WhatsApp gets a major official upgrade But a native Windows app promises to make for a more responsive and faster experience, all without needing any linking to a phone number. This is all thanks to a native Windows WhatsApp app coming out of beta and into general availability you can download it through the Microsoft Store (opens in new tab).īefore hand users would need to download a web version of the app, or use WhatsApp with in a browser of their choice. You can no use WhatsApp on Windows PCs without needing to link the app to your phone number in order to send, receive and sync messages. Though it could also be used as a tool to remove hateful, abusive or inappropriate messages too.Īugust 17: WhatsApp now has a standalone native Windows app

Such a thing would mean a lot of power for the admin, potentially open for abuse with messages being erased as a form of deleting history. That means they could delete the messages of up to some 256 people who could be included in a group chat, if this feature does make it out of beta and into the full version of WhatsApp.

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