As classic Hangouts is set to go away for Workspace customers, Google continues to update Chat and Spaces with more capabilities. A small tweak sees Gmail for Android introduce new status bar icons ...

With Chat serving as a key part of the integrated Gmail experience, Google lets users quickly specify their activity status. In addition to the existing availability options, you’re now able to set a ...

Gmail and Google Chat on the web now let you set a custom status. The status pop-up that appears on tapping the pill-shaped status indicator button next to the search bar now includes an additional ...

Google Chat has a new feature: an orange icon that lets your boss know if you aren’t currently active in the chat, but you recently were. The tech giant says the software tweak is a way to help ...

If your WhatsApp groups are muted and archived but you're still getting status mention notifications, here's how to stop them.

A few years ago, WhatsApp launched Status, an Instagram Stories–like feature, to its app. Now, it seems the company is really pushing hard for users to start taking advantage of this function more and ...

WhatsApp is launching new features for the New Year 2026, including stickers, video effects, and animated Status updates to ...

WhatsApp has announced New Year 2026 features including festive sticker packs, video call effects, animated Status updates, ...

The new WhatsApp features, available now through the holiday period, include animated stickers, interactive effects, and ...

WhatsApp is working on extending its locked chats feature to linked devices. WhatsApp is also testing the ability to privately mention specific contacts in your status updates. WhatsApp, the ...

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WhatsApp’s New Year update brings fireworks effects, 2026 stickers and animated status posts, making chats more festive as ...