WhatsApp Update Brings Video Recording Zoom and Bigger Emojis

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Well, yes, but is that it? I mean why use something different to iMessage if that's all it does?

(I'm not one of those "anti-famous thing" types, I just want to know what it offers over iMessage, or something like Facebook messenger. On paper it seems to offer nothing more but others have told me it's a historic thing. That it was the first app to have big features now shared by others)

Well for me the biggest draw for whatsapp is the ability to have group chats with friends and family who don't use iPhones. Last time i checked iMessage still isn't cross-platform. Plus many of those same people myself included are either not on facebook or rarely use it, so fb messenger is useless too.

people LOVE the "last seen ..." and group chat feature. i remember my aunt flipping put once cuz her daughter hasnt been on whatsapp in 3 hours, she called everyone in my family and it turned out that my cousin was writing an exam at school and couldnt use her phone obviously lol another time my other aunt left a family group chat. theres this big ass "xy left the group" message when you leave a group chat. my aunts and uncles were all taking about it for days. things like why would she leave? so typical of her!!!

'Last seen' is probably the most annoying feature of whatsapp- mostly everyone i come across in my contacts has it turned off. I guess no one wants to be stalked for a reply lol

 

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Well for me the biggest draw for whatsapp is the ability to have group chats with friends and family who don't use iPhones. Last time i checked iMessage still isn't cross-platform. Plus many of those same people myself included are either not on facebook or rarely use it, so fb messenger is useless too.

I don't think you need a FB account to use its messenger app, could be wrong though. When I signed up I'm sure I saw the option to sign up just with email.

iMessage really should be cross device compatible by now.