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6 tips to keep your WhatsApp secure Over 1.3 billion people use WhatsApp app every day to connect with family and friends. Users share more than simple text messages; they send photos, videos, personal data, bank account or other financial details, etc. on the Facebook-owned messenger app. If a user's WhatsApp account gets hacked, the attackers can know everything about them. Here are 6 tricks to secure your WhatsApp acco unt! 1.  Two-step verification : Use a secure PIN to protect your account WhatsApp offers " Two-Step Verification " feature to add an extra layer of security to the account. It can be activated under Settings>Account>Two-Step Verification>Activate . Users need to set up a 6-digit PIN and provide an email address to disable the feature if they forget the PIN. It is helpful when the user's mobile is stolen, or someone tries to re-verify the user's account on another device. 2.  Is backing up WhatsApp messages...

WhatsApp features ranked, as per the way we feel most impact. WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in the world, used by over 1.2 billion people worldwide and 200 million in India alone. Despite its success, the Facebook-owned company has not become complacent and always keeps the competition on its toes by releasing new features every few weeks. 2017, of course, saw the overhauled WhatsApp Status (an aping of Snapchat), but there have been many other small updates this year that didn’t get as much attention. From increased media sharing limit to video streaming, we take a look at all the new WhatsApp features released this year alone. While going down this memory lane, we’ve ranked features in the order that we feel made the most impact (or will make, if in beta) in user experience. 1. Delete for Everyone WhatsApp in October made the Delete for Everyone feature live for all users, the biggest change to chats on the platform since the blue ticks were introduced. As...

Switch from voice to video soon as you talk,  Now on WhatsApp WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will allow users to quickly switch from voice to video call while the voice call is in progress. The feature is seen in WhatsApp beta for Android 2.17.163 version, it tweeted on Thursday. (Reuters) WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will allow users to quickly switch from voice to video call while the voice call is in progress.  According to @WABetaInfo, a popular fab website that checks Beta versions in development, in the new Android update, WhatsApp is developing a new button that will allow to users to quickly switch from voice to video call without stopping the voice call in progress.  The feature is seen in WhatsApp beta for Android 2.17.163 version, it tweeted on Thursday. The recipient, however, will be able to reject the upcoming video call if he or she wants. "WhatsApp is also testing a feature that will allow to directly mut...