WhatsApp will now show ads from businesses, the company has announced. The Meta-owned instant messaging client has been said to be deliberating over bringing advertisements to its app for years now, going as far back as 2018. WhatsApp says it will use “limited info” such as the country, language, and followed Channels to personalise ads. … Read more
Instagram on Thursday announced several new features aimed at helping artists and creators express themselves better. The Meta-owned platform is testing the ability to re-order the feed, enabling users to have better control over how their content appears on Instagram. Further, it will also soon let them post media without broadcasting it to everyone’s feeds. … Read more
Earlier this year, Meta announced Aria Gen 2 as a research-focussed wearable device and the successor to 2020’s Project Aria. The company has now taken a deep dive into the technology which powers the second generation of the AI and ML-powered smart glasses. It comes with a number of improvements compared to the first generation model, … Read more
Meta Platforms is said to be working towards introducing a native Instagram app for the iPad. It is expected to build upon the recent, highly requested launch of WhatsApp for iPad, which arrived after years of users requesting support for devices with larger screens. The development of an Instagram app designed to run on the iPad … Read more
Instagram rolled out the Edits app to the public on Tuesday, nearly three months after it was first announced. It is a mobile video editing solution which brings a suite of creative tools such as high quality video capture, keyframing, automatic captions, and camera settings for resolution, frame rate and dynamic range. Instagram says Edits … Read more
WhatsApp is said to be developing a new feature for its Android app which adds another layer of privacy in conversations. According to a feature tracker, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform’s Advanced Chat Privacy feature may let users restrict the media they share with others from being automatically saved to the recipient’s gallery. It is … Read more
Instagram is deliberating over plans of launching a standalone app for its short-form Reels video content, according to a report. With this purported launch, the social media platform is expected to introduce itself in the short-form video app space. It is largely dominated by TikTok — the ByteDance-owned video-hosting service which recently made the headlines … Read more