ABOUT "WHATSAPP"

Things You Need To Know About WhatsApp

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You probably heard the news that Facebook recently acquired the messaging app WhatsApp for an impressive $19 million sum. After the announcement, downloads of the app are reported to have skyrocketed, so it’s also possible that you’re one of the people who never heard of it before the acquisition. If so, here’s a quick primer on the ins and outs of WhatsApp. Click through this list for information on using WhatsApp, its business model, controversies, relationship with Facebook, the proposed future of the app, and more. You could call it “What’s Up With WhatsApp.” But please don’t.

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One of the big advantages of using WhatsApp instead of your service provider’s texting system is that it’s so cheap: Free for the first year, and only a dollar a year after that. But many have pointed out that companies like Verizon aren’t going to put up with this for long, and some worry that they’ll stop offering consumers different levels of pricing for different network services – in which case WhatsApp would lose a lot of its pizzazz, and almost everybody would be paying more to use their phones.

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Right now WhatsApp is potentially changing the text and instant messaging game, but they’re not resting on their laurels yet. The app is planning to roll out voice service in the spring, which means you’ll be able to talk as well as text for their famously low price (they already have a voice messaging service, but that’s not good for real-time conversations).

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Whether you hate Facebook or just like avoiding popular trends, there are other apps that do roughly the same thing that WhatsApp does. If you have an iPhone, Apple iMessage is one that sometimes gets overlooked, which might be a case of “hiding in plain sight.”

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Like I mentioned in the intro, even if you’re too cheap to afford a dollar (actually, $0.99) for a year of WhatsApp, you can still get a whole year of service for free. That’s less than ten cents a month, which is less than … it’s cheap, OK? It is a cheap messaging app. Even the guy in the above video would agree.

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As you might expect with something that cheap, a whole lot of people use it. 450 million, by the last count, and it’s continuing to grow in popularity thanks to the buzz of the Facebook buy. And an estimated 70 million of those 450 million people are reported to use the app every day.

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As you might expect with something that cheap, a whole lot of people use it. 450 million, by the last count, and it’s continuing to grow in popularity thanks to the buzz of the Facebook buy. And an estimated 70 million of those 450 million people are reported to use the app every day.

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One of the emphases of WhatsApp is the messaging status, which lets you let your friends know where you are/whether or not you can talk. It’s a typical feature of messaging services going back years, but the reason its so important to WhatsApp is because of the app’s origins: At first, it was an app exclusively for letting your friends know your current status. Messaging wasn’t added until 2009.

About "WhatsApp"

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More than 1 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp1 to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. WhatsApp is free2 and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

1And yes, the name WhatsApp is a pun on the phrase What's Up.

2Data charges may apply.

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Our Mission

WhatsApp started as an alternative to SMS. Our product now supports sending and receiving a variety of media: text, photos, videos, documents, and location, as well as voice calls. Our messages and calls are secured with end-to-end encryption, meaning that no third party including WhatsApp can read or listen to them. Behind every product decision is our desire to let people communicate anywhere in the world without barriers.

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WhatsApp was founded by Jan Koum and Brian Acton who had previously spent 20 years combined at Yahoo. WhatsApp joined Facebook in 2014, but continues to operate as a separate app with a laser focus on building a messaging service that works fast and reliably anywhere in the world.