WhatsApp Blog

More ways to express yourself on Status

WhatsApp Status is your private space to keep the people who matter most to you up to date on what’s happening day to day. Whether it's your wedding day and you’re using Status to give those who couldn’t make a front row seat or you just want to share what made you smile most today, bring even more of your personality to each Status.

New Feature Roundup: Live and Motion photos, creative Meta AI features, and more!

Over the past few months, we’ve continued adding new features and updates to WhatsApp. Today’s roundup includes the ability to send Live and Motion photos, new ways to get creative with Meta AI, and much more!

It's here! Introducing WhatsApp for iPad

As one of our biggest requests, we’re excited to announce that WhatsApp is now available on iPad.

Get the Tone of Your Message Right with Private Writing Help

Today we’re introducing Writing Help. It’s our latest AI feature powered by Private Processing that keeps your messages completely private. You can review the suggestions from AI in various styles such as professional, funny, or supportive that you can select or continue editing to deliver that perfect message.

Catch up on conversations with Private Message Summaries

We're excited to introduce Message Summaries, a new option that uses Meta AI to privately and quickly summarize unread messages in a chat, so you can get an idea of what is happening, before reading the details in your unread messages.

Introducing Message Translations

With more than 3 billion users in over 180 countries, we’re always working to keep our users closely connected, no matter where they are in the world. But we understand that sometimes language can be a barrier to getting things done or expressing how you truly feel. That's why we’re excited to bring message translations to WhatsApp, so you can more easily communicate across languages.

Encrypting your WhatsApp Chat Backup Just Got Easier

Many of us carry years of precious memories in our WhatsApp chats – photos, heartfelt voice notes, and important conversations. That’s why protecting them if you ever lose your phone or need to transfer to a new device is so important.

Calling on WhatsApp: New ways to plan ahead and take part

Today we're announcing new features on WhatsApp that make group calls easier to plan, and more interactive.

Helping you Find More Channels and Businesses on WhatsApp

Today we're introducing some new features for our Updates tab, which is home to both Channels and Status.

New Feature Roundup: Updates to stickers, calls, channels, status and more

It’s been a busy few months bringing new features and updates to WhatsApp. Here’s the latest roundup of some of the new tools, settings, and features you may have missed across the Chats, Calls, and Updates tabs.