The first WhatsApps weren’t WhatsApps. In the spring of 2009, Jan Koum, a thirty-three-year-old computer programmer, was trying to get people interested in a product he had developed for Apple’s App ...

Meta’s end-to-end encrypted messaging app is used by billions of people. Here’s how to make sure you’re one of the most locked-down ones out there. Meanwhile, in November, Austrian researchers plugged ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plans to make WhatsApp a big business involve online ads, marking a major change for the communications app whose previous owners shunned advertising. The debut of ads on ...

WhatsApp on Tuesday announced a new feature that will allow users to save contacts within the app. That means that even if you lose your phone or link a new device to your primary number, you will see ...

WhatsApp updated the video calling experience across devices on Thursday by introducing screen sharing with audio support and a new speaker spotlight feature. It’s also increasing the limit for video ...

In March, WhatsApp’s security team issued an internal warning to their colleagues: Despite the software’s powerful encryption, users remained vulnerable to a dangerous form of government surveillance.

If your WhatsApp account is hacked, don’t panic. The first thing you need to do is confirm if you are indeed hacked and immediately contact WhatsApp support directly from the app. You should then lock ...

There’s been no shortage of instant messaging apps over the past decade, as the rise of advanced smartphone platforms has created the need for more sophisticated ways to communicate than traditional ...

Do you keep getting unwanted messages from random WhatsApp groups you never asked to join? Spammy groups can be annoying, but you can change a single setting to limit them. Let's see how you can ...

WhatsApp offers a web-based version for chatting on a larger screen, access via QR code link, and desktop app with additional features like voice calls and keyboard shortcuts for efficient messaging.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. WhatsApp went down yesterday afternoon, leaving users unable to send ...

In 2014, WIRED asked me to write a few lines about my most-used app as part of an internship application. I wrote about WhatsApp because it was a no-brainer. I was an international student from India, ...