Category: Social

WhatsApp for Android is said to be testing a new feature for users that will allow them to send motion photos. As per the feature tracker, the new feature was spotted in the latest beta version of WhatsApp and might be available to some beta testers. With this, users can send motion photos, which capture […]

YouTube is now preparing to roll out its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) age estimation tool soon. Announced in July, this tool uses several user activity metrics to determine the real age of the user. The streaming giant says this feature will better protect minors who have provided fake dates of birth while […]

Grok Imagine, a multimodal feature that can generate images and videos, was released on Sunday. It is currently available in beta to all SuperGrok and Premium+ X subscribers on the iOS app. The feature also comes with a ‘Spicy’ mode, which can generate not-safe-for-work (NSFW) content, which is explicit in nature. Many users have taken […]

WhatsApp is rolling out a new scam prevention tool, it announced on Tuesday. This feature, dubbed Safety Overview, works when someone, who is not saved in your contacts, adds you to a WhatsApp group. The Meta-owned messaging app will provide key information about the group, along with tips to stay safe from phishing and scams. […]

Instagram on Tuesday announced a new set of features to help creators keep a track of their audience growth metrics more effectively. The Meta-owned social media platform is rolling out insights for likes on photo carousels and Reels, showcasing the exact moment and the slide when others decided to like the post. Meanwhile, post-level demographics […]

WhatsApp might be developing a new feature that comes with several privacy benefits for its Android application. Dubbed Username keys, there are two parts to this feature, a WhatsApp tracker revealed. The first part is the username itself, which is said to replace the need to share one’s number when sharing their WhatsApp account. The […]

WhatsApp took down over 98 lakh accounts in India during June as part of its ongoing measures to combat misuse and harmful behaviour, the messaging platform revealed in a monthly report. Some accounts that were banned by the chat service were proactively disabled before any user reports were filed. The platform also responded to user […]

Jack Dorsey launched Bitchat Mesh, a new Bluetooth-based messaging app for iPhone, on Monday. The launch of the app comes shortly after the Twitter co-founder unveiled a new peer-to-peer (P2P) app that was developed as a weekend project and doesn’t rely on the internet, phone numbers, or email addresses to function. The app also supports […]

WhatsApp is said to be developing a new feature for its Android app which aims to improve photography in low light conditions. As per a feature tracker’s report, a dedicated night mode option is available in the camera interface of a beta version of the instant messaging app. It reportedly optimises the image clarity and […]

WhatsApp is said to be testing a new feature for its Android app that makes it easier to import profile photos from other existing accounts on other social media platforms. According to a discovery by a feature tracker, the instant messaging client may bring support for directly importing profile pictures from other apps under Meta […]

Elon Musk’s social media company X is bringing back popular video-sharing platform Vine in “AI form”, the billionaire tech-entrepreneur said on Thursday, almost nine years after the app was discontinued. Musk made the announcement in a post on X, formerly Twitter, but did not provide further details. X did not immediately respond to a Reuters […]

WhatsApp is said to be testing a new feature for Android users that will allow them to have real-time voice conversations with Meta AI. As per a feature tracker, the new artificial intelligence (AI) feature is now rolling out to select beta testers, and allows users to either directly initiate voice chat or switch to […]

CloudSEK, a cybersecurity firm, announced that it has unmasked a syndicate involved in printing and selling counterfeit Indian currency. As per the firm, the group was marketing the fake notes via social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, and even used authentic marketing channels such as Meta ads. As per the report shared by […]

Meta introduced new safety features for teen accounts on Instagram on Wednesday. The Menlo Park-based social media giant said it is expanding its Teen Account protection and safety features to offer more tools to teenagers while they exchange messages with other users via the platform’s direct messaging (DM) feature. With this, teenagers will be able […]

WhatsApp is developing a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feature for its Android app which aims to make it easier to catch up with unread messages. As per claims by a feature tracker, it is currently testing the Quick Recap feature, enabling users to select a specific number of chats and get a summary of the […]

Meta announced the introduction of the Imagine Me feature in India on Thursday. The artificial intelligence (AI) feature has been available in the US and a select few countries so far. But with its expansion in the country, Indian users will be able to generate AI images of themselves in different styles, contexts, and scenarios. […]

Beeper has been relaunched, a year after parent company Automattic merged the messaging platform with competitor Texts.com. The app allows users to access their chats from various services including WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and Google Chat. Users can now opt for on-device connections to these services with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE), instead of […]

Meta AI reportedly had a vulnerability that could be exploited to access other users’ private conversations with the chatbot. Accessing this bug did not require breaking into Meta’s servers or manipulating the code of the app; instead, it could be triggered by just analysing the network traffic. As per the report, a researcher found the […]

Facebook will soon crack down on “unoriginal content” shared by users, according to Meta. The platform’s announcement comes days after YouTube announced similar changes to its policies that will lead to action against mass-produced and inauthentic content. The Meta-owned social networking service will lower the reach of accounts that improperly reuse content and restrict their […]