WhatsApp has just added a new proposal to improve the privacy of its users and reduce the continuous storage of conversation messages. This time it is about the "temporary predetermined messages" function, an adjustment in the configuration of the app that users will be able to establish for new individual or group chats, with a predetermined duration for them. This new option is presented as a more powerful proposal than the one incorporated last year, of messages that self-destruct after a ...

Activating the "single view" mode also discourages "sextortion" defined as extortion of the person for having sexual photos or videos of the person. Some of the features of the functionality: - End-to-end encryption of both photos and videos sent - The files under this functionality are not saved neither in the photos section nor in the Gallery of the person who received them. - The receiver can see the photo only once. - Photos or videos sent under this functionality cannot be shared, saved ...

After the most important drop in the history of the services provided by Mark Zuckerberg's company, the messaging application “Telegram”, led by Pavel Durov, surpassed 1,000 million installations only in the Play Store last weekend , when previously it was 500 million. This happened exactly two weeks after the fall of Facebook, which affected this social network, Instagram and WhatsApp worldwide for about 7 hours. This “blackout” was the longest that has been registered to date and impacted t...

1- Transfer chats This is perhaps one of the most important updates. Now Telegram allows you to transfer to your app the chats and conversations generated in WhatsApp, Signal or Line, three of the most popular instant messaging applications. This possibility is enabled for both personal and group chats. 2- Improved audios The app adopted a modality similar to that of Club House for audio chats, where the volume of each participant can be optimized by modifying the microphone of each one. 3- G...

Signal has superior characteristics when it comes to data protection, compared to Telegram : - End-to-end encryption This feature allows that the conversations that occur through the app around the world cannot be read by the company that manages the application, in this case Signal Foundation. In this way Signal makes a difference in an area as valued as confidentiality and security. - Open source system This app, being open source, anyone can use it, so that also a person can know the struc...

After WhatsApp announces its new "controversial" terms and conditions of use in order to continue using the application, many users of the platform are considering abandoning it and migrating to other instant messaging services. These new terms of use mean that, as of February 8, the application will have the possibility of sharing personal information of those who use it, with Facebook and other applications of the group. On the other hand, it is already noted that the changes that must be a...

Currently you can only choose a wallpaper for all conversations including group conversations. In addition, the app works so that users can choose a wallpaper option in light mode and another for dark mode that are currently working. The idea of customization is what Mark Zuckerberg's company pursues in all the improvements or updates that are made to the application, in addition to monitoring the functionalities that other alternatives to WhatsApp have, such as Threema , a messaging ...

Until now the options that the messaging service gives to silence contacts or groups are 8 hours, 1 week or 1 year and when the time comes (after 365 days) the notifications of the groups return again. For this reason WhatsApp in its beta version already has the option to mute the groups “forever”. In it you can see the alternatives of 8 hours, 1 week and replacing 1 year, the option "forever". 8 hours 1 week Always How to mute contacts or groups? Enter WhatsApp. Check the Chats windo...

The app in previous versions had a limit of 1.5Gb and from version 6.3 it will support 2Gb being able to share high definition video files, with more than two hours duration. New features that come with the new version: Profile videos: the possibility of putting a video as a profile photo choosing a frame so that it is seen statically for when you are in chat. Improved skin : Thanks to a new range of filters you can improve your skin in selfies. Group Statistics : This functionality appl...

The main idea is to get off the line with WhatsApp by adding new features that take it off from the most used app in the world. Change of themes: For the change of themes it is necessary to enter “chat settings” where you can choose the style of several elements such as messages or backgrounds. Regarding the latter, there are many to choose from. If you have your own fund and want to share it, you can also Audios: If you are listening to an audio and you stayed somewhere to do something el...

Anyway, Google returns to bet and this time competing directly with WhatsApp . The service was christened Chat and as the main competition it does not need an internet connection to update the information, a point that sets it apart from the rest of the platforms. Chat is based on RCS technology, which is the evolution of SMS, provides the same functionalities of the current platforms as WhatsApp and Telegram Messenger with online information, geolocation data, share location, share photos...

Now we can also make privacy settings even for group chats, with whom to share or not, confirm actions and search for messages in a more friendly way, watch public channels without having to open an account, among others. Of these changes, one that has not been named and perhaps the most relevant is the possibility of associating a group with a channel, in order to generate interactions and form a community. In Telegram, a channel is thinking to send content to thousands of subscribers in ...