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Rich Content Makes WhatsApp Look a Lot More Like Snapchat

Facebook on Monday rolled out a WhatsApp update that could threaten Snapchat’s share of the mobile app messaging market.
The update allows WhatsApp users to share photos and videos through the app’s status area. Moreover, like WhatsApp text messages, content shared through status updates is protected by end-to-end encryption.
End-to-end encryption is a key distinction between WhatsApp and its competitors, noted Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT.
“That’s an important point for people sharing private messages with individuals and groups, and is one reason for WhatsApp’s widespread global success,” he told TechNewsWorld.
Photos, GIFs and videos can be overlaid with drawings, emojis and a caption, and now can be shared via status for 24 hours before disappearing.
The change in the app is a fundamental one. WhatsApp previously had been exclusively for texting. Now its users will be able to scroll through rich content.
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