WhatsApp started testing the new Status feature last year, and is now officially adding it to the app. Photo: BloombergFacebook has been on a roll over the past few months, releasing one update after another for the immensely popular instant messenger app WhatsApp. WhatsApp started testing the new Status feature last year, and is now officially adding it to the app. The addition of Status perhaps has a lot more significance attached to it, than when Facebook added Stories to Instagram. Status potentially becomes another platform for businesses to be a part of, the way they are on your Instagram timeline.

Source: Mint February 21, 2017 02:51 UTC