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Samsung’s upcoming AR glasses already have a competitor from Meta

Last month, we learned that Samsung‘s upcoming XR device could be a pair AR glasses, which will work with Galaxy smartphones to overlay useful information on top of the reality that you see through the glasses. Well, before Samsung brings the product to the market, Meta has launched its competitor. Well, sort of, as you […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Check out WhatsApp’s cool new themes, message bubble colors

Last month, a beta version of WhatsApp for Android brought an option for applying themes to chats as well as changing the color of message bubbles, allowing people to customize the look of chats according to their taste. However, it didn’t have any themes. Well, that’s changing today. According to a new report from WABetaInfo, […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

You can now mention someone in WhatsApp status updates

In March this year, Meta started working on a feature for WhatsApp that allowed people to mention a contact in their status updates on the platform. Well, the feature is now available for people enrolled in the app’s beta program from Android. According to a new report from WABetaInfo, the latest beta version of WhatsApp […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

After Samsung, Apple to copy Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

Last year, Apple unveiled the Apple Vision Pro, the company’s first AR and VR headset. While it is very capable, it isn’t useful for most people in their day-to-day lives as it doesn’t replace a device or solve a problem. Plus, it is very expensive. With all that, not many are buying the product. Meta’s […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp to work better with other chat apps

In November 2022, the European Commission brought into effect the Digital Markets Act, a law that aims to ensure fair competition in the digital market by preventing large platforms from abusing their power. One of the things it focuses on is interoperability between various messaging platforms, where major services, including Meta’s Messenger and WhatsApp, are […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

WhatsApp is making efforts to make important chats easier to find

Last month, a beta version of WhatsApp for Android brought a new feature to the platform called Lists, which lets you create lists and add people to them. However, it was accessible only to internal testers and therefore, there wasn’t much information about how it worked or what benefits it offered. Well, that’s changing today. […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

WhatsApp status to get Instagram’s Like button

Brian Acton and Jan Kou started WhatsApp as an instant messaging app. However, since Meta took over the platform, the brand has been slowly adding social media features to it, especially from Instagram. Now, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company has started testing another widely used Instagram feature to WhatsApp. According to a new report from WABetaInfo, the […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

You could soon interact with Meta AI on WhatsApp over voice

Currently, you can interact with Meta AI on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp over text. Soon, you will be able to make conversation with the chatbot through voice messages as well. According to a new report from WABetaInfo, the latest beta version of WhatsApp for Android (v2.24.16.10) offers a voice button in the Meta AI chat, […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

Meta AI now available in more languages on Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp

Meta announced Meta AI, the company’s Gen AI-powered chatbot, for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, last year. Initially, the company made it available in the US. Earlier this year, it expanded the chatbot to thirteen countries, and last month, the brand launched it in India. Now, Meta is expanding the availability of Meta AI once […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

WhatsApp to offer offline wireless file transfer between Android and iOS

Earlier this year, Google merged Android’s Nearby Share into Samsung’s Quick Share. It allows people to transfer photos, videos, documents, and all types of files from one Android device to another nearby Android device wirelessly over Wi-Fi Direct (which doesn’t use the internet). Around the same time, Meta introduced a feature in the beta version […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

Samsung’s Live Translate feature works on all popular voice calling apps

One of the most talked-about features of Galaxy AI is Live Translate. It uses on-device AI processing to translate voice calls to your preferred language. Earlier, the feature was limited to regular voice calls, but Samsung has now enabled it for almost all third-party voice calling apps. Galaxy AI's Live Translate feature works with all […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

WhatsApp gets video note mode in camera

Last week, Meta updated WhatsApp with a shortcut to reply to a video note using a video note. Now, the company is working on making the video note feature even better by giving you a new way to record a video note. In the current stable version of WhatsApp for Android, you can record and […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Tired of AI? Well, WhatsApp is getting more of it

Almost everything in 2024 somehow has an AI connection, whether you like it or not. If you think there is an AI overload, prepare to get some more of it, as WhatsApp is about to get more AI features soon. The instant messaging app can create AI-powered avatars of you WhatsApp is developing a new […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Replying to Video Notes on WhatsApp gets easier

WhatsApp offers many features. Some are popular and some are not. Among the ones that are not, there is Video Note. With this feature, you can press and hold the camera button in the bottom right-corner of a chat to start recording a video and lift your finger from it to stop recording and at […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

Meta AI launched in India on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp

Meta announced Meta AI, the company’s first Gen AI-powered virtual assistant, for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, last year. Back then, It was powered by the Llama 2 large language model (LLM) and available only in the United States. Earlier this year, the company upgraded Meta AI with Llama 3 and made it available in […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
5 months ago

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