{"id":46358,"date":"2013-02-22T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=46358"},"modified":"2013-02-22T08:58:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T00:58:16","slug":"major-updates-for-whatsapp-on-windows-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/22\/major-updates-for-whatsapp-on-windows-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Major update for WhatsApp on Windows Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, an update for WhatsApp on Windows Phone worth waiting for. WhatsApp has pushed a major update to Windows Phone. With this update, it should be catching up with WhatsApp on Android or iOS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/22\/major-updates-for-whatsapp-on-windows-phone\/whatsapp-windows-phone-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46359\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46359\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/22\/major-updates-for-whatsapp-on-windows-phone\/whatsapp-windows-phone-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Whatsapp-Windows-Phone-8.jpg?fit=600%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,331\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Whatsapp Windows Phone 8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Whatsapp-Windows-Phone-8.jpg?fit=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Whatsapp-Windows-Phone-8.jpg?fit=600%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46359\" alt=\"Whatsapp Windows Phone 8\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Whatsapp-Windows-Phone-8.jpg?resize=600%2C331\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Whatsapp-Windows-Phone-8.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Whatsapp-Windows-Phone-8.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->For those who uses WhatsApp on Android or iOS, you should know that the Windows Phone version prior update is really lacking features. Hopefully, this update helps. Here are the enhancements\/changes after the update (copied from <a href=\"http:\/\/m.wpcentral.com\/whatsapp-windows-phone-gets-major-new-update\" target=\"_blank\">WPCentral<\/a>).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lock screen notification support<\/li>\n<li>New Tile design (less cartoony, more Metro)<\/li>\n<li>Backup function<\/li>\n<li>Hit \u201center\u201d as send<\/li>\n<li>Mass message<\/li>\n<li>New Attachment screen, including Audio, Video, Location, Picture, Camera and Contact<\/li>\n<li>Some new UI layout changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest update version for WhatsApp is: 2.9.2<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsphone.com\/en-us\/store\/app\/whatsapp\/218a0ebb-1585-4c7e-a9ec-054cf4569a79\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Get WhatsApp on Windows Phone<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>[ad#boxlist]<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/m.wpcentral.com\/whatsapp-windows-phone-gets-major-new-update\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a> via Merv Koh)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, an update for WhatsApp on Windows Phone worth waiting for. 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