WhatsApp, the favored international messaging platform owned by Meta, has rolled out new options together with a special technique to log in and a synthetic intelligence assistant within the app.Â
iPhone customers can now use passkeys to login—which suggests they’ll entry the app utilizing Face ID, Contact ID, or their iPhone passcode—as an alternative of receiving an SMS to log in.
Whatsapp stated on X, previously Twitter, on April 24 that this characteristic was “a safer technique to login.” It additionally avoids any potential challenges in receiving an SMS to log in, with the corporate including: “touring? no community? no drawback.”
The messaging app already launched passkeys for Android customers in October, as demonstrated by a submit shared on Threads, one other Meta social media platform.
Individuals with Pixel 8 and eight Professional Google telephones can now additionally use Face Unlock, as an alternative of their fingerprint or PIN, to unlock and consider messages on WhatsApp, as reported by 9to5Google.
One other change additionally arrived not too long ago to the messaging app. On April 18, Meta expanded a brand new AI assistant throughout its social platforms—Fb, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
Customers can make use of the assistant, known as Meta Llama 3, in feeds, chats, and search throughout the apps to get info and generate pictures “with out having to go away the app you’re utilizing,” the corporate stated.Â
Meta AI in English is now accessible in additional than a dozen international locations exterior of the U.S.—Australia, Canada, Ghana, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.