With this new feature, users can mention five other people in their statues as well as tag people privately. Tagging can be done privately which means that their names will not be displayed. However, those accounts that have been mentioned will get a notification.

The Tagging feature will be rolling out on a global scale pretty soon. To use this feature, users will have to make sure they use the most recent version of their WhatsApp. Users will then have to head over to the Status option available either on the top to bottom of the screen. After clicking on Status, the user will then click on My Status to make a new update. Users can then type the @ of their contacts. It should be noted that the tags are private but the accounts mentioned will receive a notification.

Tagging: More features introduced by WhatsApp

The Meta-owned company has also recently brought in a new feature which lets users like the statuses of their contacts. There is now a small heart icon located on the bottom of a status. When a user taps on the heart icon, they ‘like’ the status of the person whose status they viewed. This long overdue feature will show the likes only to the person who posted the story. Coming back to Tagging, the mentioned accounts also have the option to reshare the original poster’s status with their contacts.

WhatsApp has been acting more and more like Instagram in terms of its features. These features have already existed on Instagram for a long time. Since the two platforms are from Meta, it seems likely that WhatsApp will be receiving even more Instagram features in the future.

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The Meta-owned app is adding more features to add another layer of privacy for its user base. Interested users can test out the new features in the Android Version 2.24.18.2. The privacy update is aimed at reducing the rate of cyber fraud within the app.

Username and PIN: What users can expect from this feature

WhatsApp will give the users three privacy choices namely, “Username with PIN’, ‘Username’ and ‘Phone number’. If users select the Username option, then they are allowed to hide their phone numbers and show just the username. Existing contacts with the user’s phone numbers can still view the numbers. So this feature is only limited to new contacts.

Through the Username and PIN feature, people wanting to contact someone for the first time on WhatsApp will be required to know the user’s PIN as well as the username. The user’s phone number can now be substituted with a username instead. Users are given the choice of not sharing their phone numbers with anyone and everyone. Discord has a similar feature which enables its users to conceal the users’ real names and adopt a display name of their choosing.

These features are currently undergoing beta testing but according to reports, these features have been under development for quite a while. Another feature available in the beta version is the ‘like’ reaction which lets users ‘like’ a user’s status. This feature is expected to work very similarly to Instagram’s story-liking feature.

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GIPHY stickers have now been integrated into the mega messaging app, WhatsApp. This integration officially marks WhatsApp’s partnership with GIPHY, one of the biggest databases for animated GIFs, stickers and more.

Stickers were first implemented in WhatsApp in October 2018 and since then, the Meta-owned platform has increased its ever-expanding database of stickers. The most notable update to the Stickers feature is the custom sticker creation option which was rolled out earlier this year in January. The update lets users make their stickers by simply selecting an image from their gallery that they want as a sticker.

GIPHY Stickers Integration and Partnership with WhatsApp

Through the recent update, WhatsApp has announced that it is partnering up with GIPHY to bring even more sticker options for its users. The new update will also give users access to GIPHY’s vast sticker collection all inside WhatsApp. Users will be able to look at and share the chosen stickers within the messaging app.

GIPHY is an online database and search engine for stickers, GIFS, clips and other related media. Users can look for and choose the relevant media and share it on various integrated platforms. Some of these platforms include Facebook Messenger, Titok, Instagram, Snapchat and most recently, WhatsApp.

The GIPHY integration’s main goal is to provide WhatsApp users with the most ‘relevant and engaging’ stickers all without the need to exit the app. Besides this new update, WhatsApp is also bringing in a feature which lets users arrange or organise their stickers.

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100M WhatsApp users have been recorded as announced by Mark Zuckerberg. This milestone is especially impressive as the United States is a country that primarily uses SMS as the main communication method.

The messaging company has recorded over two billion users globally, which makes it the most popular messaging app in the world. India is currently the country with the most amount of WhatsApp users comprising around 535 million active users. Brazil comes second with around 139 million active users.

100M WhatsApp Users and Its Distribution

WhatsApp has also reported around 50% of active US users have an iPhone, which does not come as a surprise as more than 40% of the country’s population use iOS devices.

Among the US sites, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Miami have seen the most amount of growth as reported by the amount itself. Additionally, WhatsApp has also reported growth in the Southern states such as Texas which has more than 10 million active users.

The Meta-owned company has been attempting to push the messaging app in the United States over the last few years. The most recent campaign by WhatsApp involves bringing the cast of Modern Family together for a heartfelt ad.

But despite its efforts, Apple iMessage continues to be the dominant messaging app in the United States. Additionally, with the coming of RCS (Rich Communication Services) in iOS 18, iMessage might hold on to the crown for much longer. Communication between Android and Apple devices will improve as Android users will be able to read receipts and exchange high-quality files with each other.

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The voice-to-text transcription feature is available in select countries that are subscribed to WhatsApp’s Beta. This feature currently supports several languages such as Hindi, Portuguese, English, Russian, and Spanish. The messaging app will also likely expand the number of languages later in the future. 

Voice Note Transcribe: More on this feature

The voice note transcribe feature will be available for outgoing and incoming voice notes. However, users may need to download a separate pack to access this feature. As the transcription is carried out in the user’s device of choice, no other person except the users can access the transcription. 

This new feature is convenient for users who do not want to listen to long voice notes or users who are stuck in places with distracting noise. In addition, users may also be able to search the message contents since it has been transcribed to text.

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Imagine Me is alleged to be released in an updated version of Whatsapp for Android, v2.24.14.13. The new feature can be accessed in WhatsApp’s Meta AI chatbot, which was recently released. 

The upcoming feature has been expected to enable users to make custom stickers using their selfies. In addition, Imagine Me is powered by the Emu image synthesis model allowing users to create graphics simply using words. 

Users can also customise their pictures through image and animation effects. Thus, this upcoming feature makes WhatsApp more personalised for users.

WhatsApp’s Imagine Me in MetaAI

The Meta-owned messaging app recently introduced the Meta AI chatbot globally for users. Meta AI is an AI chatbot that generates appropriate answers and responses to users. It is powered by Llama 3 and its recent release on WhatsApp shows Meta’s clear plans to integrate AI into all of its apps and platforms. 

WhatsApp has recently been going towards an AI route as evident with the introduction of Meta AI. The AI chatbot uses Bing and Google searches to provide responses and answers to users. The AI chatbot can be accessed by tapping on the blue-pink ring after which, users will then be taken to a separate chat with Meta.

Imagine Me may be accessed through the MetaAI chatbot on WhatsApp by entering: @Meta AI imagine me. 

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