Facebook has announced on Thursday that WhatsApp’s end-to-end encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android are now available.
WhatsApp said that the new features which will be rolling out “slowly” for people on the latest version of the app has been available for years, but with this new change, you can get that same level of encryption with your backups.
With this new change, users can secure their WhatsApp cloud backups with a password or a 64-digit encryption key, which theoretically means that no one else but you will be able to access the backup. Before now, WhatsApp backups are stored in iCloud or Google Drive, which means that Apple or Google could hand over the backups to governments or law enforcement if compelled.
In another report, WhatsApp service head, Will Cathcart shared a screenshot on Wednesday that WhatsApp will show businesses sorted by categories like “grocery store” and “restaurant,” before letting users chat directly with them. Reuters reports that the test will include thousands of businesses in the city.
Since 2018, WhatsApp has offered a standalone app for small businesses and since then added features like support for product catalogs and shopping carts. In Brazil and India, it’s also started offering in-app payments, letting users make purchases directly from businesses, in addition to sending money to friends and family.
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