WhatsApp to get night mode and new emoji layout soon

WhatsApp has removed the ability to save profile pictures of others in the latest Android beta updates and WhatsApp Business beta for iOS 2.19.60.5

WhatsApp has asked people to upgrade to the latest version of the messenger app and also keep their mobile OS up to date

\"We are a nation with a tradition of reining in monopolies, no matter how well intentioned the leaders of these companies may be. Mark's power is unprecedented and un-American,\" Hughes wrote in a opinion piece.

WhatsApp had earlier ended support for Nokia Symbian S60, Nokia Series 40 operating system, BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10

Facebook's redesigned app can be downloaded as an update for mobile devices. The desktop redesign will take some time and will be available \"in the next few months\"

Facebook has not yet specified the reason for the outage - giving rise to several conspiracy theories about hackers and DDoS attacks

WhatsApp has now begun testing a new feature wherein a group admin can prevent users from sending \"frequently forwarded messages\"

WhatsApp has already announced the new group privacy feature to control the misleading information from going viral

At the moment, the fingerprint authentication feature for WhatsApp is only available for the iOS users

The new Dark mode is expected to further improve users' experience and also reduce the battery consumption of phones, especially the ones with AMOLED display

KrebsOnSecurity, citing a senior Facebook employee, said the an internal investigation by the company so far indicates that between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text.

During the outage, Facebook users were unable to post anything and the desktop version of the Messenger was not loading either. Similar issues were noticed with WhatsApp.