Some older iPhone models will need a software update to continue running WhatsApp from late November 2026, after Meta confirmed it was increasing the minimum system requirements for the app. Starting November 30, WhatsApp will require iOS 15.5 or later, instead of the current requirement of iOS 15.1. Affected models are iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s…
Meta is rolling out paid plans for Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus, and WhatsApp Plus globally today. Instagram Plus costs $3.99 per month, Facebook Plus costs $3.99 per month, and WhatsApp Plus costs $2.99 per month. According to TechCrunch, paid plans offer features like profile customization, super reactions, and story insights. Instagram Plus lets users see how…
WhatsApp is getting a new setting for disappearing messages that makes them disappear based on a countdown that only starts after they are read. Spotted by WaBetaInfo In the latest WhatsApp TestFlight beta, the new option starts a countdown after the recipient reads the message, rather than starting the countdown when the message is sent….
WhatsApp is rolling out a new media attachment sheet to iOS, giving iPhone users a faster way to share their most recent files without losing sight of the chat. Usually in WhatsApp, to share media within a chat, you have to tap a plus button to bring up the app’s custom share sheet, then tap…
WhatsApp has started rolling out its paid WhatsApp Plus subscription on iOS, following beta testing of the new customization-focused tier with a small group of users, reports WABetaInfo. The plan is light on practical features and is aimed more at heavier users who want to customize various aspects of the WhatsApp experience. It gives you…
The Meta AI app and Meta AI on WhatsApp have a new “incognito chat” option, which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is “a completely private way to interact with AI.” Zuckerberg also said that Meta AI’s incognito mode is the first major AI product in which no conversation logs are stored on servers. Zuckerberg likened…