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General Client Developer Initial release Platform Latest release License (client) License (server) Monthly active users Version Date BlackBerryMessenger Enterprise Blackberry June 2014 ; 9 years ago (2014-06) iOS, Android Proprietary freeware Proprietary Briar May 9, 2018 ; 6 years ago (2018-05-09) Android 1.5.9 2024-01-16 GPL-3.0-or-later Not applicable (peer-to-peer over Bluetooth, WiFi, or ...
Timeline of WhatsApp. The following is a timeline of WhatsApp, a proprietary cross-platform, encrypted, instant messaging client for smartphones. [1] Jan Koum incorporates WhatsApp in USA. [2] WhatsApp 2.0 is released on the App Store for the iPhone. [3]
WhatsApp (officially WhatsApp Messenger) is an instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by technology conglomerate Meta. It allows users to send text , voice messages and video messages, [15] make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
A new feature to allow users to sync up to four extra devices to their accounts is being trialled among a small group of users.
WhatsApp: Meta Platforms United States: 2009 2 billion: Had 1 billion daily active users when it had 1.3 billion monthly active users [citation needed] 4 Instagram: Meta Platforms United States: 2010 2 billion: 500 million daily Instagram Stories users: 5 TikTok: ByteDance China: 2016 1.582 billion: 6 WeChat: Tencent China: 2011 1.343 billion: 7
In September 2019, WhatsApp was criticized for its implementation of a 'delete for everyone' feature. iOS users can elect to save media to their camera roll automatically. When a user deletes media for everyone, WhatsApp does not delete images saved in the iOS camera roll and so those users are able to keep the images.
In November 2014, the FreeBSD Foundation received US$1 million donation from Jan Koum, co-founder and CEO of WhatsApp – the largest single donation to the Foundation since its inception. In December 2016, Jan Koum donated another $500,000. Jan Koum himself is a FreeBSD user since the late 1990s and WhatsApp uses FreeBSD on its servers.
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