WhatsApp

Every time someone tells me that his mobile is slow, I know where to look: the “paper” of WhatsApp

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WhatsApp’s storage is something problematic for a long time. So much that, over time, those responsible have had to develop different forms of release conversations spacevideos, photos and audios on our smartphones. Today they are enormous help, because I have proven that unless we install giant games or we love to carry a good videos library in 4K, the greatest enemy of our mobile is the WhatsApp download folder. Every time someone tells me that his mobile is slower, the first thing I do is look at how much free space he has. And bingo: WhatsApp is usually The biggest glutton in iOS and Android. WhatsApp tricks and tips to hide you to the fullest and maintain your privacy WhatsApp vs Storage, a not solved historical conflict. WhatsApp problems with the space occupied by their files come from the time when the iPhone had 8 GB and it was normal for Android to use internal storage and microSD cards. “That is the solution, more storage,” we thought. But no, unlike Companies like Samsung and its ‘hacks’WhatsApp never allowed their files to move to secondary memory, so releasing memory was generally deleting files or moving them. In the latter case, however, they stopped appearing linked to our conversations. That storage devourer called WhatsApp. A full mobile, a slow mobile. As the storage is filled, the performance of a low device. It is so in telephony, in tablets, in classical computer science or on televisions. An operating system and its applications need a minimum space to execute reading and writing operations. When the storage is almost full, modern systems try to release space by erasing caches and other temporal files, but where there is not, it cannot be taken out. In computers it was also important to have free space for the use of virtual memory, but with the Virtual RAM extension which include many manufacturers, the problem is also aggravated in mobiles. The recommendation: Disable this function That neither Google itself advises to use, because it wears the memory. In 2025 there are good solutions. Unlike what happened in its beginnings, today WhatsApp does have Good solutions to free space. Before looking at a capture like the superior, it meant frustrating and deleting video by video, photo by photo. Today, after detecting that a mobile is so full, the first thing I do and advise is, inside WhatsApp, go to ‘Settings – Storage and Data – Storage Administration’. Once we have selected the files to erase, the right appears down to the right. There we will find ourselves A complete menu where the application informs us how much space is occupying and how it distributes it. First, it shows, without ordering, files of more than 5 GB. Entering is a great filter to find some large attachment that will quickly help free space. It is also very useful the ‘forwarded of many times’ section, as it is very common for us to get the same video forwarded from different groups, and WhatsApp duplicates them. If we scroll, we will reach the space occupied by the conversations of our individual groups, chats or channels. By selecting each of them, we will see which files occupy more by order, and we can make a quick selection and delete, from the paper icon to which the red arrow of the upper image points. Get to reach this point. Deciding what to delete can be exhausting, no matter how easy the WhatsApp assistant is given to us. So it is best to avoid a situation in which WhatsApp ‘eats’ 32 GB, as in catches. How to achieve it? WhatsApp itself gives us the advice: ‘Activates temporary messages’. If we do it in our groups or chats, the messages will be deleted after 24 hours, 7 or 90 days, according to us. The occupied space will also be released after that time. If we want everything to still not be deleted automatically, but we want to better manage space, in ‘storage and data’ we can also Disable file automatic downloadchoosing according to file type if we want nothing to be downloaded automatically (which would be the ideal option for WhatsApps full of photos of groups that we do not consult), or only in Wi -Fi or Wi -Fi and mobile data. In ‘Settings – Storage and Data – Automatic file download’ we find the option to choose which files we want to be downloaded automatically. If we select ‘never’ we will totally control what our space is invaded and what not. On the iPhone, personally, too unleash the option ‘Save in photos’ that we find in ‘adjustments – chats’. I do it because that function makes all WhatsApp photos also go to the reel of iOS, which doubles them without any use for me. Other people, yes, choose to activate it for backup apps such as Icloud or Google Photos keep everything in the cloud. This WhatsApp option in iOS avoids duplicate files on the reel. If the deactive, the photos will continue to be on WhatsApp equally. More radical solutions. That WhatsApp storage can become a problem is not something invented. Personally, I have come to deal with mobiles that had 70 GB occupied by WhatsApp. When he has come to occupy so much, and we do not mean goodbye to everything, there is a magnificent more radical option such as ‘Export Chat’, which generates, if we want, a file compressed with all our conversation (in flat text) and all our files. In each of our conversations and chats we can export the historical content, choosing to save files or only the text. The pity is that there is no import option. It works very fast, so in seconds we can have the file in our memory, ready to be sent to a PC where we can have all the text, audios, videos and other files in the group. The background problem. WhatsApp is eaten a lot of storage, it’s true. But the real … Read more

How to send WhatsApp with Gemini or how to disconnect the messaging app of artificial intelligence

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Let’s tell you How to send a WhatsApp through Geminiso you don’t even need to enter the messaging app. This is a new function that begins to be reaching all users, and that integrates WhatsApp with the artificial intelligence of Gemini. We are going to start by telling you the process to use this function, which will be officially available to all on July 7, 2025. Then, we will also tell you How to unlink Gemini WhatsApp In case you prefer that Google’s AI cannot access the messaging. Send a WhatsApp using Gemini You can use this function both in Gemini’s app and using AI and assistant In the case of Android. What you have to do is invoke Gemini or use the function of speaking and writing the Prompt with which to ask you to send a WhatsApp to certain contact. You can also manually write the entire prompt with the message. The prompt would be this: Send a WhatsApp to (contact name) telling you (message to be sent). Here, remember that you have to write the name with which you have this person in contacts. You can do the request as is, and Gemini will know how to send a WhatsApp you mean a message in this app, and what is going after “saying” is the message. Just remember to say the words “point” or “coma” to dictate the punctuation marks. When you do this, Gemini will connect with WhatsApp, and if you have activated the function of linking both applications, it will proceed to send the message. If you do not send you the message, you will have to wait a few days and always have both applications updated. How to unlink Gemini WhatsApp If what you want is to unlink Gemini WhatsApp so that both applications do not contact each other, first you have to enter Gemini’s app. Once inside, click on your profile image Up to the right. This will open a menu in which you will find several options. In this menu, you have to click on Applicationswhich will appear with the icon of a piece of puzzle. This will take you to a screen where there are paintings with All applications linked to Geminiand with which you will be able to interact from Google’s AI. Here, you will only have to Disable the WhatsApp box switchand with them both apps will be disconnected. In Xataka Basics The best PROMPTS to save working hours and do your homework with Chatgpt, Gemini, Copilot or other artificial intelligence

WhatsApp will allow companies to call you directly. The question is whether it will become another spam nest

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WhatsApp has announced An important update for its business platform that will allow large companies to make direct voice calls to users. The novelty also includes video calls and business voice messages, all enhanced by artificial intelligence in order to automate commercial interactions. What includes the update. Companies that use the WhatsApp Business platform can both receive customer calls and perform them directly in the future. This function adds to video calling capabilities, useful for telesalud consultations, and to send voice messages. Meta is also expanding its business functions, which include personalized recommendations of products and automated customer monitoring through Chat. Why is it relevant. WhatsApp Business already has more than 200 million monthly users and has become an important source of goal income. The company generates money through its click ads to WhatsApp and charges merchants for messaging functions. This expansion towards direct calls seeks to make WhatsApp a more complete business communication channel, especially in markets such as Brazil and India where it is already very popular for customer service. However, it also raises doubts in terms of safety and privacy for the user. We must also bear in mind that, over the last years, WhatsApp has become A very attractive focus on cybercriminals in order to cheat their victims with increasingly sophisticated techniques of Phishing. Of course, it is convenient to be cautious in a context in which the scams proliferate more than ever through the messaging app and in Spain, with traditional calls, where The Robinson list Try to limit unplayed commercial calls, it offers disparate results. Although goal seems to have everything under control over this new function. What does goal say about it. The company ensures that companies can only call users who have previously requested to be contacted and will work with certified partners for the deployment of these functionalities. Meta is also integrating WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram marketing tools on a single platform, which will allow companies to manage their campaigns centrally and optimize their advertising budgets. And now what. Although the function seeks to facilitate customer service and automate the answers Through the (Something that does not usually like the user), the success of this functionality will depend largely on how target implements the controls to avoid abuse. If the verification of companies is rigorous and the complaint mechanisms work correctly as the company indicates, it could become a useful tool for customer service. However, it does not hurt to stay alert to possible unplayed calls and be cautious with any request for personal or financial data that they receive through this route. Cover image | Goal In Xataka | Finally WhatsApp will use AI in something that will make many happy: to end the chaos of the messages without reading

WhatsApp now summarizes your messages not read. The question is how the hell does it without reading your messages

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WhatsApp has released Its function of summarizing messages thanks to AI To avoid the classic case of neglecting the mobile for a while and finding 400 messages in a group that throws smoke. This needs an explanation regarding privacy, since WhatsApp has been presuming end -to -end encryption for years, which clashes a priori with which an AI can read those messages to summarize them. Why is it important. Goal has achieved something that seemed impossible: creating an AI that processes the content of your messages without anyone, not even the goal itself, can read them. The new function, available in the United States in the absence of global deployment, allows Goal AI Generate summaries of group conversations not read keeping point -to -point encryption. It is as if they had invented an employee with amnesia who can do his job but immediately forget what he has seen. The context. Technological ones live in the permanent dilemma between offering usefulness without destroying privacy, especially in the AI ​​era. WhatsApp promised encryptionbut that prevented any intelligent function. Goal has found a third way. What does happen: Your mobile figure messages with a password that only knows a virtual armored machine on target servers. The AI ​​processes the content within a sealed environment, generates the summary and deletes it instantly. If someone tries to spy from outside, the virtual machine “breaks” and stops working. What does not happen. Meta cannot access your original messages or store them. Meta employees cannot read the content processed by AI. Abstracts are not used for advertising purposes or linked to your identity. In detail. Goal has developed a technology called “Private Processing” –He explained it in his blog two months agobefore this announcement – that works as a digital panic room. The system uses special hardware that creates sealed compartments on its servers. Your mobile verifies that you are talking to the correct virtual machine before sending data. Your IP address is hidden through relays of third parties, and the system knows that you are a legitimate user, but not “who you are” specifically. The result: a “summarize in private” button that gives you the key points without reading everything. Yes, but. This technology raises risks that Meta is not admitting publicly. Trust is fragile because the company has a scandal history, from Cambridge Analytica even mass leaks through Open private messaging to companies without consent. What happens if a government forces to modify the system? There is also the idea of ​​the frog in a boiling water saucepan. Today they are armored optional summaries. Tomorrow will they be automatic suggestions, real -time translations or advertising based on “anonymous” content? The panoramic. This, in the case of a product as massive as WhatsApp, will mark the standard for private AI. Apple already has something similar with Private Cloud Compute. Signal, Telegram and Discord presumably will implement equivalent versions. Google will have to answer, although its business model based on collecting data makes this more complicated approach. WhatsApp precisely premiered advertising recently, but for now goes by. In Xataka | Goal AI in WhatsApp: 17 functions and tricks of the blue circle with the artificial intelligence chat Outstanding image | Goal

Iran has asked its citizens to uninstall WhatsApp. WhatsApp’s response has been outraged

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He Application blocking during protests or armed conflicts is something that We have seen before. Although it is not a blockade for now, WhatsApp is in the spotlight in Iran. In the middle of Conflict with IsraelIranian state television asked a few days ago to its population that They will erase WhatsApp from their devices. The reason? According to them, the Meta app shares data with Israel. WhatsApp soon responded. Iran’s accusation. They tell it in AP news. Last Tuesday afternoon, on Iranian state television, the population to erase WhatsApp from their mobiles was urged. Iran ensures that the app is collecting user information, including your last locationand sharing it with Israeli intelligence, although without any proof that corroborates it. The WhatsApp response. In a Message posted in your X profileWhatsApp has responded bluntly, crossing this accusation of false information and highlighting that they use end -to -end encryption. This means that the information cannot be read if it is intercepted, it is only convenient when it reaches the recipient. They also emphasize that they do not keep registration of user location. Here the full message: This information is false and we are concerned that it will be used as an excuse to block whatsapp just when they need it most. All your personal messages and calls are encrypted from end to end, so we cannot see them. We do not track your exact location. We do not keep records of personal messages that are sent to each other. We do not provide massive information to any government. Can a government ask WhatsApp information? In a response to the WhatsApp publication in X, a user questioned if “we did not provide massive information to any government” meant that they do provide more detailed information. The truth is that there are cases in which yes They can share information before requests from order forcesfor example, given an emergency situation or investigation. In your response to this userWhatsApp insists that the Iran-Israel conflict is not one of these cases. In his Help centerWhatsApp explains how the process works when one of these applications occurs, which always has to meet the legal framework and its privacy policy. Among the data they can share with the authorities is the username, the date on which it started using WhatsApp, date of the last use, IP address, device information, your name, profile photo, contact list or its email. Goal provides details about government requests in its Transparency Centeralthough the data is updated every six months, so the most recent is from December 2024. Iran and WhatsApp have history. The finishing messaging app has already been in the spotlight of the Iranian government. In 2022, during Protests for the death of Masha Amini At the hands of the Iranian police, the government blocked Internet access in some parts of Tehran. Access to Instagram and WhatsApp was also blocked in an attempt to weaken the protests, it was not until late 2024 When they lifted the blockade. On the other hand, a few days ago The Internet connection will restrict throughout the country as a measure to prevent “cyber attacks from the enemy”, although They assured which would be a “temporary, specific and controlled.” Cover image | Pexels (1, 2) In Xataka | Israel is not only attacking Iran with missiles. He also just steal 90 million dollars in cryptocurrencies

How to copy just a part of a message on WhatsApp on the mobile instead of having to copy everything

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Let’s explain How to copy fragments of a WhatsApp messageso that you do not have to copy it whole and then have to go erarating things if you only interest a part. It is like a second layer when copying a message, since you first have to highlight the entire message and then you can choose inside the part to copy. This is a function that is starting to arrive but it is not yet for everyone. We already have it enabled in WhatsApp for iPhone, but for Android it is not yet. Therefore, many users will have to wait or install the version WhatsApp beta To try to receive it before. Yes, this is something that you have been able to do on whatsapp web or in the application desktop versions, since you can select the text fragment directly with the mouse. However, the novelty is that a method is already beginning to reach the mobile. Copy only a part of the message on WhatsApp The first thing you have to do is enter the chat from which you want to extract a fragment of one of the messages that have been written. Once inside, hold the message from which you want to extract the fragment. That will make the complete message you have chosen be highlighted, and that the options to answer, forward etc. appear. Do not do anything, and instead keep your finger on the message itselfand not about any of the options. With this, within the message you have highlighted, the options for select a specific fragmentwith buttons at the beginning and end of the selection you can move. When something is selected, you will be able to copy it or share this fragment. In Xataka Basics | How to create Stickers on WhatsApp with your photos from the stickers section itself

In WhatsApp soon you can have a username. It’s just one more step in its ambition to become a surface

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Historically WhatsApp has been completely linked to each user’s mobile phone number. This identifier was the basis of its operation, and for example you needed it to create an account, log in and connect with your contact list. The phone number was absolutely essential, but will soon stop being in a network with More than 2,000 million users. WhatsApp had been in it for some time. It has been talking about how WhatsApp is preparing for user name support. In May 2023, certain details appeared on this option in a beta version of WhatsApp, but these changes never crystallized. Telegram supports this option For yearsFor example. Soon we will have that option. A preliminary version, WhatsApp Beta 25.17.10.70 for iOS, It has allowed discovering How will the interface be to choose a username to protect the privacy of the phone number. Although that does not necessarily mean that WhatsApp is going to implement the change definitely, it is a clear indication that the option could come. Not only that: it is expected to do it soon, before it ends 2025. Great advantages. This change raises various clear advantages that will make WhatsApp earn integers in several areas: Flexibility and customization of the service: because that will allow us to associate our name or alias like the ones we use on Twitter. Nothing to remember or point numbers. These user names also facilitate that we share that username with other people and that we better memorize those user accounts. Finding a person – or that she finds us – will be much easier. Account synchronization: to be able to use it on multiple devices will also be easier and more powerful with this system, and although WhatsApp has the traditional link -based bonding system QR codes, this type of characteristic would probably make to use WhatsApp on other devices apart from the mobile could be easier. Goodbye to geographical barriers: another important advantage, since once again when not depending on mobile number, communication with users from other countries, with different telephone numbers by national and local prefixes, is simplified. But above all, privacy. However, the true advantage of this movement is that of what will contribute to the privacy of users. With user names we can communicate with other people without the need for Share our phone number. This is very striking not to establish conversations with acquaintances, but to do it with people with whom we do it occasionally but that we would prefer that I could not access our phone number. It is also a very interesting way to prevent our number from falling into the wrong hands, such as fraudulent and spam accounts. This is the preliminary user interface of that user name request Be careful, user names will have rules. Already The rules have been revealed that we will have to meet users to use this system and ask for a “username”: They must have between 3 and 30 characters They cannot coincide with a username that already exists They can’t start with ‘www’ It is necessary to include at least one letter when creating them They can only include AZ letters, numbers 0 to 9, points and low scripts They cannot end with a domain (.com, .net, etc) They cannot start or end with a point (.) Nor have two points in a row Challenges for WhatsApp. Implementing this change after so many years also implies taking into account certain risks. Fragmentation: The current system based on telephone numbers is simple and universal, and user names can fragment the experience and generate confusion. Safety and supplantation: If user name authentication is disconnected from the number, WhatsApp must implement robust verification and recovery systems. Multiple identities: Those user names must be linked to the phone number, but it will be interesting to check how WhatsApp solves the problem of potential multiple identities, in addition to interoperability with other target services. WhatsApp’s triumph was simplicity. There is another important debate in this regard. For years one of WhatsApp hits has been to be a simple application and that solved a clear problem: that you could chat with your contacts, without more. In recent years we have seen how the application has been adding news such as States (Stories style), Channelsthe paymentsthe communities or integration with Other services of finish. More recently, of course, Goal AI. Do we need a overrapp? It is as if WhatsApp would like to become that overcomppp with which we do not need much more, but along the way the complexity of the messaging app has been increasing. It is true that the competitive pressure imposed by rivals such as Telegram or Signal causes them to be forced to move card, but in those movements there is a clear argument: that of monetization. The more functions and the more time we spend in the app, the more business opportunities there is a goal. Image | Rawpixel In Xataka | After 15 years of waiting, goal has finally done homework: WhatsApp for iPad has just launched

It aims to go beyond what ai offers today at WhatsApp with these powerful functions

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It all started with a promise. Goal announced more than a year and a half ago that would integrate generative artificial intelligence into WhatsApp. And he did. Goal AI was deployed first in the United States, then in other markets, and finally, in March 2025, In the European Union. Today it is possible to ask you things, ask you to generate images or summarize content. Of course, some functions, such as the creation of images, are not yet available in the old continent. Telegram, on the other hand, has opted for a more direct route. Instead of developing its own technology, it has signed an agreement with XAIthe artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk. The result is Grokan assistant with ambitious aspirations that already works on the social network X and now prepare a greater deployment in Telegram. Its objective is not less: integrate AI in user’s day -to -day life. Telegram supervitaminated with AI In a video shared by Pavel DurovFounder and CEO of Telegram, shows how Grok will be present constantly. It can be top of the conversations and will appear in the search engine, prepared to answer doubts or generate content directly from there. Something similar to what we find in WhatsApp. From there, the functions are raising level. Grok can generate images from the application itself, as a goal is already in other regions, but will also go further with assisted writing tools. That is, you can reformulate messages directly in the text field. For example, if we write “Great!” and the system would suggest something like “excellent teamwork. Keep it up!” It may seem lower, but introduces a customization layer that takes another step in the naturalness of the conversation. The list continues. The wizard can also generate animated stickers, summarize groups of messages, links or PDF documents. And those summaries will not only be displayed on the screen, but they can also be read aloudfacilitating content consultation while we do other tasks. In groups, Grok also aims to play a role as a moderator, although for now there are no details about its operation. What has been shown is a possible verification system in the public channels of Telegram. In the examples shared by the company, the AI ​​resorts to Fuentes such as Bloomberg to analyze and validate the published information, although it remains to be seen how, and if, this function will really be implemented. While WhatsApp keeps moving step by step, Telegram bets on a more ambitious integration. And he does it with an AI that not only responds, but begins to get involved actively in the conversation. It is expected that Grok’s deployment in Telegram will begin in Summer of 2025although for now it is not clear if all the functions will arrive at the same time, if they will be activated gradually or what will be the road map for availability in the EU. Images | Telegram/XAI In Xataka | Openai has just demonstrated that the AI ​​no longer completely obeys: O3 sabote its own shutdown to continue working

WhatsApp for iPad has just launched

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WhatsApp finally has application for iPad. More than 15 years have passed since Apple’s tablet reached the market And, until now, there was no official way to use the most popular messaging app in it. The only alternative was to use WhatsApp Web From the browser. That is over: goal has launched the Native app for iPad, already available at the App Store. The initial announcement has been discreet. No press releases or promotional videos: simply A message posted in X (Before Twitter) For the official WhatsApp account. In it, the company wrote “WhatsApp for iPad Now”, having hinted at the arrival of the app With an eye emoji shortly before. An experience adapted to the iPad. The new application allows to do practically the same as the iPhone version, but adapted to the screen and iPad ecosystem. It is possible to participate in voice and video calls with up to 32 people, use both cameras of the device (the front and the rear), and share screen during a video call. In addition, the app takes advantage of the multitasking functions offered by Ipados, such as Split View, Slide Over or Stage Manager. This means that you can maintain a conversation by WhatsApp while navigating the Internet, consultations documents or see a video, all from the same screen and without the need to change application. Synchronization, privacy and encryption. The messages, calls and files are synchronized between devices, maintaining end -to -end encryption that characterizes the service. If you use WhatsApp on your iPhone or Mac, everything will also be linked to the iPad without compromising privacy or security. Click on the image to see whatsapp for iPad in the App Store A promise fulfilled. In 2022, Will Cathcart, director of WhatsApp, He affirmed that “They would love to develop a native experience for iPad” and that “many people had asked for for years.” Although he did not offer concrete dates, his statement was one of the first official signals that at some point we would see the application land on the tablet. Today, that has materialized. Instagram is still pending. With this launch, target a historical debt with iPad users. But it is not the only one. Instagram still does not have an optimized version for Apple’s tablet, although its mobility use and audiovisual content edition fit perfectly with the format. In 2021, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, acknowledged that an IPAD app “would be great”, But it also made it clear that It was not a priority in the company’s roadmap. Images | Goal In Xataka | OnePlus was the last bastion of the silence button. He has just replaced him to get into the AI ​​car

How to create Stickers on WhatsApp with your photos from the stickers section itself

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Let’s explain Another method to create stickers on WhatsApp From your photos. We already told you how create stickers directly from WhatsApp within any chatbut recently the app has implemented a new different method. You will do it from the stickers section itself, with a path similar to that of create stickers packages with which you already have We told you. It is a very simple method that simplifies the process of creating stickers. And best of all, It is integrated into WhatsAppso those times when you had to use websites or external applications have already passed through history. Create Stickers on WhatsApp step by step In that chat where you are going to use the new sticker, what you have to do is Click on the stickers look button that are to the right of the writing field. It appears with the icon of a sticker. This will take you to a screen where you will see your emojis, gifs and stickers, click on the sticker icon. This will show all the stickers you already have, and on this screen you have to click on Create That will appear to the left. The first time you do this, you will have to give WhatsApp access to all your photos. Once you do it, you will go to the gallery of your mobile and You will have to search and choose the photo you want to use To create the stick. Once the photo is loaded, you will have several options to edit sticker as you want. You can use the entire photo or a cut, you can add text, draw on the image or add emojis. You can take all the time you want to adapt the stick to do it as you like. Once you have it to your liking, click on the send button And ready, you will send your new newly created sticker to the chat where you were. You can do this with any of your photos. In Xataka Basics | How to block so that your messages from your WhatsApp chats can not be shared or photos or videos can be downloaded

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