WhatsApp announces change: If you don't nod it off, you're kicked out

WhatsApp has announced a change - which must be accepted by users, otherwise they will no longer be able to use Messenger.

• How does a

  messenger service

  best

  bring

  innovations and information to men?

• Whatsapp*

  so far only informs its users about this in the

  social networks

  and in a

  blog

  .

• The

  group now wants to plug the

  information

  leak that has arisen - and that has its price.

Dublin - It's a small but decisive change that

should

now

.

In the last few weeks we have already seen some innovations in the popular

-

consider them to be really useful and long overdue, as they improve the

services

enormously - especially in comparison to the often somewhat more progressive competition.

For example, a

few days ago

made more background images available for chats, which can now be used in different ways from chat to chat.

Only recently was the option of

introduced, as well as a practical function that can provide the user with

.

The group reported about this on

.

Now

apparently

planning

a new coup * - the

wants to be in direct contact with its users and send them messages.

Digital mail with

will therefore be found in the news feed in the future.

We've made it easy to review, bulk delete items and free up space.

This new storage management tool can be found in Settings> Storage and Data> Manage Storage.

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- WhatsApp Inc. (@WhatsApp) November 3, 2020

WhatsApp will also send messages itself in the future

The

, which has its headquarters in

, had previously announced

new functions and changes

either via its own

, social networks or via

.

That is over now - or

rather, it extends its mouthpiece.

According to

,

will in future be informed about innovations directly in the application - at least that's the plan.

An update will probably bring the novelty with it: There

will be a separate area

in the

that should show that

offering a new function.

For many

, the innovations simply pass by, if you would have to

“get”

the

very specifically, for example by

visiting

blogs like

.

With a bit of luck, the

often pick up news about innovations online.

With the new function that

now wants to introduce, this

leak should finally be a thing of the past.

There

has never been

such direct

between the user and the company behind the

.

consider

this planned innovation to be absolutely sensible, as it really means that all

can be reached.

WhatsApp expects active user approval

But the plan has one catch - and it could become a stumbling block for the new

.

In order for the practical function to be implemented, the user must

agree to

the new

.

And this option of

has an

:

According to

, the change

into effect

on

- and anyone who has not agreed to the new terms of use by then can

no longer use

.

Starting today, WhatsApp can send in-app announcements to their users.

Who knows what they are going to announce!

😁

Note: I don't mean advertisements, I mean probably announcements about features, changes, news, information and similar.

- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) December 2, 2020

More

and more accessible information therefore come at a price.

The most popular

in Germany has never taken

such a drastic step

before.

So far,

the

have only been agreed once when

.

You had to put a tick there.

All other changes in the regulations were accepted "passively" from now on by

simply continuing to use

the

.

The planned change is so important that

wants to secure the “active OK” of its users.