WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging service that uses the same internet data plan you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and stay in touch with your friends. In addition to basic messaging WhatsApp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages.

WhatsApp is also available for Android, Windows desktop, and macOS desktop clients.

Features

  • No hidden costs: Once you and your friends download the application, you can use it to chat as much as you want. Send a million messages a day to your friends for free! WhatsApp uses your Internet connection: 3G/EDGE or Wi-Fi when available.
  • Multimedia: Send Video, Images, and Voice notes to your friends and contacts.
  • Group Chat: Enjoy group conversations with your contacts. Add or Remove group participants, change group subject and set a group icon.
  • Personal: Set a profile photo which will be shown to all your contacts
  • No international charges: Just like there is no added cost to send an international email, there is no cost to send WhatsApp messages internationally. Chat with your friends all over the world as long as they have WhatsApp Messenger installed and avoid those pesky international SMS costs.
  • Say no to pins and usernames: Why even bother having to remember yet another PIN or username? WhatsApp works with your phone number, just like SMS would, and integrates flawlessly with your existing phone address book.
  • No need to log in/out: No more confusion about getting logged off from another computer or device. With push notifications WhatsApp is always on and always connected.
  • No need to add buddies: Your Address Book is used to automatically connect you with your contacts. Your contacts who already have WhatsApp Messenger will be automatically displayed under Favorites, similar to a buddy list.
  • Offline Messages: Even if you miss your push notifications or turn off your iPhone, WhatsApp will save your messages offline until you retrieve them during the next application use.
  • And much more: Share location and places, Exchange contacts, Custom wallpaper, Custom notification sounds, Landscape mode, Message timestamps, Email chat history, Broadcast messages and media to many contacts at once, and much much more.

What's New

  • You can now let users select only one option in polls and get notified about new votes.
  • Improved link previews including a new loading indicator and reliability improvements.
  • You can now create your own custom stickers, using photo cutouts from Apple Photos.
  • Now when you remove the caption from a forwarded media, you can add a new message.
  • You can now create your own custom stickers, using photo cutouts from Apple Photos.
  • Introducing Voice Status - you can now record a voice note and share it to Status. Go to Status tab > tap the "pencil" icon > hold the "microphone" icon to record.
  • With support for iOS Picture in Picture (PiP), you can now multitask during a WhatsApp call without your video being paused.
  • With support for iOS Picture in Picture (PiP), you can now multitask during a WhatsApp call without your video being paused.
  • You can now add captions when sending documents
  • Added support for longer group subjects and descriptions to make it easier to describe your groups
  • You can now create personalized avatars and use them as stickers and profile photos. Go to Settings > Avatar to get started.

Previous release notes

  • You can now create personalized avatars and use them as stickers and profile photos. Go to Settings > Avatar to get started.
  • You can now swipe left inside the WhatsApp camera to record video hands free.
  • You can now control who can see when you're online. Go to Settings > Privacy and select "Last seen & Online".
  • You can now use drag & drop to share images, videos and documents from other apps (eg. Safari, Photos, Files) to WhatsApp chats.
  • You can undo "delete for me" for a few seconds
  • You can now create and share a link for your WhatsApp call from the Calls tab
  • Now only admins will be notified when you leave a group
  • Group admins can now delete others' messages for everyone. All participants can see who deleted it.
  • You can now easily react to a Status post using Status Reactions.
  • You can undo "delete for me" for a few seconds

Previous release notes

  • Now you can sort your chats with an "unread" filter. Tap the new filter icon next to search
  • You can now "delete for everyone" for over 2 days
  • Increased the group participant limit to 512
  • Increased max file size limit to 2GB
  • You can now undo "delete for me" for a few seconds

Leave Groups Silently: We love our group chats but some are not forever. We're making it possible to exit a group privately without making it a big deal to everyone. Now, instead of notifying the full group when you are leaving, only the admins will be notified. This feature will start to roll out to all users this month.

Choose Who Can See When You're Online: Seeing when friends or family are online helps us feel connected to one another, but we've all had times when we wanted to check our WhatsApp privately. For the moments you want to keep your online presence private, we're introducing the ability to select who can and can't see when you're online. This will start rolling out to all users this month.

Screenshot Blocking For View Once Messages: View Once is already an incredibly popular way to share photos or media that don't need to have a permanent digital record. Now we're enabling screenshot blocking for View Once messages for an added layer of protection. We're testing this feature now and are excited to roll it out to users soon.

  • Updates to messages reactions including the ability to react with any emoji plus additional improvements and fixes.
  • Increased the group participant limit to 512
  • Increased max file size limit to 2GB
  • On group calls, you can mute others or message them by long pressing on their tile