WhatsApp has already began sending notifications to customers asking them to simply accept the brand new privateness coverage. The new phrases, which was purported to roll out in February, will come into impact on May 15. WhatsApp prolonged the date to offer customers extra time to know and settle for the brand new privateness coverage and reiterated that every one the non-public chats will stay end-to-end encrypted and nobody will have the ability to entry them.
When you work together with small companies on WhatsApp, solely these messages aren’t end-to-end encrypted. The firm is saying that solely these kind of chats can be used for business functions. If you might be nonetheless planning to modify to Signal or Telegram, then try the WhatsApp options that you just would possibly miss on different messaging apps.
Storage Management instrument
WhatsApp is a go-to messaging app for a lot of Indian customers and loads of pictures or movies are shared on the platform every day. At the second, you may be having 1000’s of WhatsApp pictures in your telephone’s gallery, which you would possibly discover tough to delete as that may want time and additional effort.
The app’s storage administration part allows you to test how a lot area your WhatsApp pictures or movies have occupied. There can be a devoted part to assist clear the space for storing at a a lot sooner tempo. It shows recordsdata which are bigger than 5MB. You additionally get to test all of the forwarded pictures, movies, and recordsdata despatched by every particular person. The instrument additionally offers you the choice to delete them. The instrument is hidden within the Settings part > Storage and information > Manage storage.
Simple person interface (UI), loads of updates
WhatsApp has the best person interface and one will discover loads of options on this messaging app, which is why individuals love to make use of this app. The second you open the app, you get the Chats, Status and Calls part. You can rapidly place a name or add a Status. There can be a search bar on the high, which turns out to be useful whenever you wish to instantly seek for a message or another content material. Most of the necessary options are instantly seen and also you don’t must take further effort to seek out any one in every of them. WhatsApp retains rolling out loads of updates for an improved and handy expertise.
Instant group name choice, assist for 8 customers
The prompt group name characteristic is one more characteristic that you just would possibly miss as Telegram doesn’t provide assist for group voice or video calling and you may solely make one-on-one calls. Though, the corporate has promised that it’s going to provide this feature too sooner or later. The group and one-on-one chats, and calls are end-to-end encrypted on WhatsApp and Signal, however Telegram’s common chats will not be end-to-end encrypted.
Payments
There is not any Payment characteristic on Telegram or Signal and in case you are utilizing WhatsApp’s Payment characteristic, then you definitely would possibly miss this characteristic too. The messaging app lets you simply ship or obtain cash to associates or members of the family. The funds choice is situated in any individual’s chat window. Once you open a chat, simply go to the attachment part and faucet on the funds choice. If you might be utilizing it for the primary time, then you may be requested to arrange your checking account.
Picture in Picture mode (PiP)
Signal doesn’t provide assist for Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode, which you get on Telegram and WhatsApp. In case you might be unaware, the characteristic lets you play shared movies within the messaging app even whereas chatting with somebody. The PiP mode helps movies from widespread platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. On Signal, you’ll have to shut the app to observe a video on YouTube.
