As 2025 begins, WhatsApp, one of the most popular instant messaging apps on the planet, has announced new features designed to enhance user experience and engagement with the app.
One notable update lets users take and send videos or photos directly within a chat interface. The app now includes camera effects that allow users to customize their media. With access to over 30 different backgrounds, filters, and other creative elements, users can enhance their images or videos, offering a broader range of personalization options for sharing memorable moments or adding unique touches to their visuals.
In addition, WhatsApp has introduced a feature for creating selfie stickers. Users can initiate this by tapping the Create Sticker icon, which will display a camera option to capture a selfie and transform it into a sticker. This feature is initially being rolled out on Android devices, with plans to extend it to iOS users.
Furthermore, users can now share sticker packs through WhatsApp chats, facilitating more dynamic and expressive conversations. Another helpful enhancement is the ability to double-tap a message to react quickly, along with a streamlined method for scrolling through frequently used reactions, making interactions more efficient and interactive.
WhatsApp is a free messaging and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service that enables seamless communication worldwide. It allows users to send text messages instantly, share voice messages, and make video and voice calls. In addition to these core features, users can share images, documents, user locations, and various multimedia content, making it a versatile platform for personal and professional communication.
Launched in 2009 and acquired by Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) in 2014, WhatsApp has grown significantly and is now one of the most popular messaging apps worldwide, with over 2 billion users. The app employs end-to-end encryption for messages and calls, ensuring that conversations remain private and secure.
WhatsApp also includes features such as group chats, broadcast lists, and status updates, allowing users to connect with multiple friends or family members simultaneously.
Are you tired of paying for streaming services you never watch just to get a phone plan feature you actually want? T-Mobile has good news for you! The carrier is rolling out new plans, called T-Mix, in early November to replace its old Experience lineup with a build-your-own perks system called Picks.
The benefits you choose vary from streaming and gaming to food delivery, AI, satellite service, and phone discounts. But if you are satisfied with your existing plan, you can keep it.
Merely days after the iPhone Duo hit the shelves, images of broken screens on the phone started popping up across social media. Until now, it’s been unclear what’s causing the line of defective pixels that appears vertically along the crease, as well as horizontally, on the phone’s inner display.
Apple has finally acknowledged the issue, which has shown up on iPhone Duo units owned by customers as well as demo units in stores. In a statement shared with Bloomberg, Apple says that not all iPhone Duo units are affected and that those that are tend to show the display fault early on. The company added that users who experience problems with their iPhone Duo display should contact AppleCare for a replacement.
Not long ago, Apple treated independent repair like an act of outright hostility. The Cupertino giant locked down parts with serial-number pairing, while repair tools remained firmly out of reach of anyone outside its authorized repair network. More importantly, the company waged a legal and lobbying battle against right-to-repair legislation.
I've covered enough of these fights over the years to know what a shift looks like. That's why what happened in October 2026 genuinely caught me off guard. The day the iPhone Duo went on sale, what may be the most mechanically complex iPhone to date, Apple pulled off a surprising about-face. It published teardown-style repair manuals for a handful of major components.