After Whatsapp recently announcing that it will be free for life,
Facebook owned messaging app has a new feature coming up. According to developer Javier Santos’ latest Google Plus post, WhatsApp
will now give users the option to get notifications which tells them
that the messages they are exchanging are encrypted end-to-end.
According to WhatsApp Android version 2.12.413, the messaging apps
shows plans to allows users to link their WhatsApp account to their
respective Facebook account. In addition, WhatsApp has plans to add
features such as video calling, information sharing with Facebook and
document sharing on WhatsApp as well.
Image Credit: Javier Santos
You can share your WhatsApp data with Facebook from the Account
settings tab. According to the leaks, this is so far an optional
features.
This move may give Facebook a good idea as to which contact you spend
more time talking with. This enables it to populate your timeline with
relevant posts thereby letting you spend more time on Facebook.
WhatsApp got acquired by social media giant Facebook for $19
billion in 2014. Founded by Ukrainian immigrants to America Jan Koum and Brian Acton
in 2009.
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