It followed it up by unveiling Channels in June 2023. Channels allow one-to-many communication for updates and has no defined limit for the number of followers.
Channels do not, however, provide end-to-end encryption of messages, unlike messages in groups or chats.
In August 2023, WhatsApp relaunched its app for Apple computers and added audio and video group calling.
In September of the same year, WhatsApp added the ability for users to share photos and videos in high-definition.
Among its features that were received with mixed reactions was the Read Receipts, which alerts senders when their messages are read by recipients.
Bust just after a week, WhatsApp introduced an update allowing users to disable this feature so that message recipients do not send acknowledgements.
In January 2015, WhatsApp Web was unveiled enabling clients to use the app on web browsers by syncing with the mobile device's connection.
In March of the same year, voice calls between two accounts were added followed by video calls between two accounts in November 2016.
Meta (back then still Facebook) acquired WhatsApp in 2014 in a deal worth $21.8 billion (Sh3,182 trillion).
The same year, someone discovered a vulnerability in encryption on the Android application that allowed third-party apps to access and read all of a user's chat conversations within it.
