WhatsApp has rolled out a new update for its beta programme on Android that will allow users to send high definition photos. Currently, the Facebook-owned messaging platform compresses high quality images for lesser sending times and data saving. With the new option, users will be able to choose the quality of images they send in chats.The 'photo upload quality' option provides three choices - Aut...

The anti-COVID-19 vaccines by US pharma majors Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) that are being used in South Africa are more effective against the Delta variant of the coronavirus than the Beta strain, experts have said.The Beta variant, which was first detected in South Africa, caused a second wave at the beginning of this year whereas the Delta variant, first detected in India, is driving the ...

Viruses mutate all the time, including the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that’s caused the Covid-19 pandemic. Although most genetic changes are innocuous, some can make the mutant more adept at infecting cells or evading antibodies, for example.Such “fitter" variants can outcompete other strains, so that they become the predominant source of infections. A succession of more-transmissible variants has...

Facebook-owned messaging application WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow users on Android to listen to their voice messages before sending them. The feature was submitted in WhatsApp beta update for Android 2.21.12.7 and is expected to rolled out in a future update.The feature has already been under development for iOS devices, reported WABetaInfo, and now the messaging platform has s...

WhatsApp has launched a new Beta version of its application on Android. The new app version 2.21.12.1 has been spotted with some additional features. The Facebook-owned instant messaging application was spotted with a new way to share stickers on the platform.The new version, with the sticker feature, was spotted by WABetaInfo, a platform that tracks Android beta software updates. According to the...