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Numerous WhatsApp changes: Messenger gets a new name - details about additional functions

2021-11-13T18:56:45.242Z


Facebook is now meta - and there is also a name change on WhatsApp. What else will change with the news service.


Facebook is now meta - and there is also a name change on WhatsApp.

What else will change with the news service.

Menlo Park, California - Facebook recently changed its name, presumably to distract attention from negative media coverage.

Now the group founded by Mark Zuckerberg is called Meta - and a lot is also changing with WhatsApp.

The WhatsApp changes at a glance

The always well-informed blog

WeBetaInfo

reports that the WhatsApp

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will in future be “WhatsApp from Meta” instead of the previous “WhatsApp from Facebook”.

The change applies from the WhatsApp Messenger beta version for iOS 2.21.220.14 and for Android from the update 2.21.22.21.

WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart explained this step on Twitter by saying that the company wanted to create more clarity and transparency:

That said, we've also seen confusion from people about whether “from Facebook” refers to Facebook (the app) or Facebook (the company).

We've all seen the memes poking fun at this, and clearly explaining this distinction in languages ​​all around the world is hard.

- Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) October 28, 2021

WhatsApp also brought out new functions.

If you like to use the desktop version of WhatsApp, you get a crucial additional function here.

Until now, the computer version was dependent on the cell phone battery.

If it was empty, users could no longer use the messaging service on the computer.

WhatsApp now works on the desktop independently of the smartphone's battery as soon as the devices are connected.

Every link sent now has a large preview so that it is immediately clear what it is.

Stickers, smileys and emojis can also be found more quickly.

In addition, users can now edit photos directly in WhatsApp.

Cropping, rotating, adding fonts or smileys are now possible.

Change of name on Facebook and WhatsApp: These are the reasons

Facebook (today: Meta) has been heavily criticized recently. For example, the company had found in internal studies that the use of Instagram worsened body image in young girls. However, the group kept this knowledge under lock and key - without drawing any conclusions from it. Social media also play a role in self-harm: Around six percent of US users who injured themselves attributed this directly to Instagram.

Facebook is also linked to the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, one of the worst humanitarian disasters of our time. Hate speech and misinformation could be spread unfiltered in the social medium and incite murder, rape and displacement. Members of the military were the main actors, their hatred directed against the Muslim Rohingya minority.

The well-researched book "An Ugly Truth" by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang reveals the background to the Meta group.

Over 400 people were available as sources.

Meta is one of the few big tech companies in Silicon Valley that is still run by its original founder.

Mark Zuckerberg holds 54 percent of the voting rights and basically has the sole say.

The name change is an attempt to get rid of the negative image and to direct reporting specifically to other topics, according to the authors.

Source: merkur

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