Contacts included in a user's Close Friends list will see a different coloured ring when they view the person's WhatsApp profile picture.

For those unfamiliar, WhatsApp Status work in a similar way to Instagram Stories. Users can share temporary photos and videos to those who have their phone number. These media are available for 24 ...

WhatsApp is quietly reshaping how its users broadcast quick thoughts by testing a text-first status format that strongly echoes Instagram’s Notes feature. Instead of relying only on photos and videos, ...

WhatsApp is introducing Private Mentions and likes to its Status feature. Users can now privately tag their friends in their WhatsApp Status, which is resharable by the tagged person. A new green ...

WhatsApp is set to revolutionise status updates by integrating Meta AI directly into its editing suite. According to a recent report by WABetaInfo, the platform is testing a suite of AI-powered ...

WhatsApp is always looking for ways to make its app more user-friendly, and one of the latest features in development aims to do just that. The company is testing a new feature that allows users to ...

WhatsApp Status is getting a bit of a facelift. Status is WhatsApp's version of an AIM away message (an ancient AOL feature from the early days of the social internet), which basically allows users to ...

To add music to your WhatsApp Status, open WhatsApp, go to the “Updates” section, and select “Add Status.” Choose a photo or video, then tap the music note icon. Pick a song from the library, select a ...

WhatsApp has become the world's most popular instant messaging app, and status updates are one of its most used features. But ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...