


SMS was, and continues to be, stuck in the dark ages of technology, with 160-character limits and no support for anything other than pure text. However, the point of WhatsApp was to replace SMS (and the lightly media-capable MMS) with a new platform that could overcome the limitations inherent in the archaic carrier-based messaging services. So, what exactly is WhatsApp? At its most basic level, it’s simply a chat app for exchanging messages with your friends, not unlike the SMS text messaging that’s built into nearly every mobile phone. What is WhatsApp? Joe Maring/Digital Trends Since its 2014 acquisition by Facebook (now Meta), WhatsApp has reached a point where it’s now become the de facto standard for cross-platform messaging worldwide, with over 5 billion installs from the Google Play Store and 2 billion active monthly users. WhatsApp just upgraded its emoji reactions and I want them now You’ll soon be able to use WhatsApp on more than one phone How to know if someone blocked you on WhatsApp
