We’re introducing centralized marketing campaigns, expanded AI support and calling options for businesses using WhatsApp.

Are you having trouble using WhatsApp, Facebook, or other Meta apps. Unfortunately, you aren't alone. Here's everything we know about the ongoing outage.

Since Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014, users have wondered and worried about how much data would flow between the two platforms.Many of them experienced a rude awakening this week, as a new in ...

WhatsApp has been sharing data with Facebook for years. But many users didn't realize it until receiving a message saying that they had to consent to further tracking, or WhatsApp would be deleted.

WhatsApp's been sharing account data with Facebook since 2016—which came as a surprise to many of its users. Photograph: John Lamparski/Getty Images ...

WhatsApp also has a footprint that fits with Facebook’s focus on international/emerging markets: The messaging app has users in over a hundred countries covering 750 mobile networks, on the iOS ...

Facebook Messenger’s other advantage over WhatsApp for photos is its natural integration with Facebook. Unlike Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp has a limit of 10 photos per message.

In a play to dominate messaging on phones and the Web, Facebook has acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion. That's a stunning sum for the five-year old company.

Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has started using Status updates— its version of Snapchat Stories or Twitter Fleets— to push messages to users about its “commitment to your privacy.” ...

WhatsApp provides little information on how it works with the U.S. government. But court documents show just what kind of data it can hand over to the feds, even after its big encryption rollout.

Facebook has its own app, called Messenger, which it says will continue to operate independently of WhatsApp. The Japanese service Line has emerged as a popular competitor that now boasts over 300 ...