Brazil’s Central Bank forces WhatsApp to suspend mobile payments

Posted on 24/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Brazil’s Central Bank has put a pause on WhatsApp payments in the country, according to Bloomberg. Apparently, the bank decided to suspend the feature to “preserve an adequate competitive environment, that ensures the functioning of a payment system...

Facebook expands Portal group calls to 50 people

Posted on 16/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is ramping up its battle against Zoom by bringing more video calling features to its Portal devices. You’ll be able to hold video calls with up to 50 people following today’s addition of Messenger Rooms. Until now, group calls on Portal have...

WhatsApp adds payments, starting in Brazil

Posted on 15/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

WhatsApp has finally started rolling out its long-promised payments feature. Starting today, WhatsApp users in Brazil can send money and pay for purchases from local merchants without leaving the chat app. Adding a payment method is done through Face...

WhatsApp was exposing users’ phone numbers in Google search

Posted on 09/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

WhatsApp claims it fixed an issue that was showing users’ phone numbers in Google search results, TechCrunch reports. The change comes after security researcher Athul Jayaram revealed that phone numbers of WhatsApp users who used the Click to Chat fe...

WhatsApp test lets you add contacts with QR codes

Posted on 22/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If the thought of typing in someone’s phone number -- by hand -- seems prehistoric by 2020 standards, then WhatsApp’s about to make your life a whole lot easier. A report from WABetaInfo claims that a new beta adds support for using QR codes that’ll...

WhatsApp says its forwarding limits are slowing the spread of fake news

Posted on 27/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In a bid to tackle the spread of misinformation and fake news, WhatsApp recently imposed stricter limits on message forwarding. Messages that have been forwarded more than five times can now only be sent to one chat at a time. According to the compan...

WhatsApp claims spyware firm launched attacks with US servers

Posted on 25/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook just escalated its lawsuit over surveillance firm NSO Group’s WhatsApp call exploit attacks. The WhatsApp team has filed accusations that NSO relied on US-based servers to stage its spyware attacks using Pegasus software. NSO reportedly used...

Facebook still plans to put ads in WhatsApp

Posted on 23/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook hasn’t abandoned its plans to put ads in WhatsApp. The Information reports that Facebook will push ahead with ads in WhatsApp in the future, once it’s completed its plan to unify its messaging apps. The new details come after the Wall Street...

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