Facebook seems to be planning on bringing its marquee service and WhatsApp closer together. At the moment, it appears to be testing a new feature which allows users to quickly switch between Facebook and WhatsApp apps through a shortcut button. Tapping on the WhatsApp shortcut button, which appears prominently in the menu area, opens the […]
Facebook has spent much of the past year bringing Snapchat-inspired features across all its core services and is now aiming at introducing a very Tinder-like feature. A message, “[Name redacted] and 15 others may want to meet up with you this week”, popped up on a Motherboard’s reporter phone recently. With further investigation being done, […]
Instagram has introduced comment threads on its platform, aiming to make chatting with fellow Instagrammers easier! Instagram users who reply to any Instagram post will now find their response automatically grouped right underneath it in a thread. The company stated “Comment threads help you keep track of conversations and make it easy to respond to […]
Launcher App Shortcuts on now bring tested on WhatsApp for Android. These shortcuts will take yo directly to a desired pre-mentioned place in-app as soon as you launch it. At the moment, there’s no word on when this feature will arrive for the general audience using stable builds as it only exists in the beta […]
Facebook has announced that it is planning to launch a new app with an aim to empower its creator community later this year. The video creation app will be made just for its star broadcasters, who are also the same folks who are deemed worthy enough to use Facebook Mentions (an app only available to […]
With recent reports suggesting that Snapchat is on its way to acquiring social map app Zenly, the photo-sharing app has now introduced location sharing feature known as ‘Snap Map’ in its latest updates to their iOS & Android apps. The feature which was recently rolled out to all iOS and Android users globally will allow […]
Instagram Stories can now be discovered by their location or their hashtag only if they were posted by public accounts. Yet again another imitated feature of the rival Snapchat’s searchable Stories. The location Stories search feature is available in the latest Instagram version (10.22) on both Android and iOS, the hashtag Stories search feature is currently […]
In order to ensure that the right people are added in a Group, Facebook has rolled out a feature that allows admins to set up three questions for people requesting to join the Group. This will give admins the privilege to screen the potential member and make sure the added member does not troll or […]
Facebook has announced its Facebook Spaces VR app which introduces virtual-reality hangout spaces much like Oculus Rooms announced sometime last year. The app is currently in beta and is compatible with Oculus Rift headsets. With Facebook Spaces app, users with Oculus Rift headset and Touch controllers will have the ability to join up to three people in […]
After being released to users only in US last November, Instagram has decided to bring the live broadcasting on Instagram Stories for users worldwide earlier this year. This feature allows users to go live for its followers to see real-time feed via the application, but once the live feed was ended, the video disappeared. However, in the latest update, […]
