{"id":2024,"date":"2016-09-23T10:11:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T08:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialpubli.com\/news\/en\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T11:36:25","slug":"latest-news-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialpubli.com\/blog\/latest-news-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest news from WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With each new version from WhatsApp, new surprises await us when we update it. <strong>It is the most popular messaging service,\u00a0<\/strong>and it meant the end of SMS and very costly calls. Each change, however small, means a step forward in the evolution of interpersonal communication, and whether you like it or not, the news adapt quickly to our daily life.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, we are going to review\u00a0<strong>the news for 2016 that the most popular app among users has brought or will bring us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>New emojis<\/h2>\n<p>The arrival of the new <strong>iOS 10 has meant the inclusion\u00a0of new emojis for Apple.<\/strong>\u00a0This has made other users jealous, but fortunately, <strong>they are also coming to Android\u00a0<\/strong>and are freshly updated. To use them, you have to subscribe to Google Play&#8217;s\u00a0beta programme.<\/p>\n<p>They are <strong>bigger, its design has been trimmed and they advocate for gender equality,\u00a0<\/strong>as you will find out when you use them. For example: the girl in\u00a0the pink pullover is now wearing it in purple, and there is also a boy version. Additionally, the gun has been replaced by a water gun.<\/p>\n<h2>Mention people in groups<\/h2>\n<p>Just like on Twitter, you can know <strong>mention any member of a group\u00a0<\/strong>so that the rest know who you are addressing. Click on the &#8220;@&#8221; inside the group to see the members, and choose the person or persons you want to address.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2018\" src=\"https:\/\/socialpubli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160920_154628.jpg\" alt=\"Novedades WhatsApp\" width=\"320\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialpubli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160920_154628.jpg 720w, https:\/\/socialpubli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160920_154628-200x263.jpg 200w, https:\/\/socialpubli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160920_154628-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/socialpubli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160920_154628-680x894.jpg 680w, https:\/\/socialpubli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160920_154628-400x526.jpg 400w, https:\/\/socialpubli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160920_154628-50x66.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Video calls<\/h2>\n<p>WhatsApp wants to make <strong>video calls possible,\u00a0<\/strong>to compete directly with services like Skype. This will surely be successful when the launch becomes official.<\/p>\n<h2>More news<\/h2>\n<p>Among the other news,\u00a0we can mention that you can now\u00a0<strong>forward a message to several people <\/strong>at the same time, <strong>draw and add emojis on the pictures&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong>WhatsApp is also considering to let users\u00a0<strong>share music\u00a0<\/strong>at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these updates are still to come, but you can <strong>download the latest version\u00a0<\/strong>to try all what you did not know about before. You may like it even more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With each new version from WhatsApp, new surprises await us when we update it. It is the most popular messaging service,\u00a0and it meant the end of SMS and very costly calls. Each change, however small, means a step forward in the evolution of interpersonal communication, and whether you like it or not, the news adapt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[697,191],"tags":[156,143,144],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redes-sociales-2","category-social-media-news","tag-instant-messaging","tag-mensajeria-instantanea-en","tag-snapchat-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Latest News from WhatsApp | SocialPubli Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WhatsApp updates always bring new features. 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