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WhatsApp 2.19.190 Beta Update Introduces "QR Codes Shortcut" For Easier Sharing

July 03, 2019
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WhatsApp 2.19.190 Beta Update Introduces "QR Codes Shortcut" For Easier Sharing

One of the things that make WhatsApp stand out from all the other chatting apps user privacy. Developers of WhatsApp want to make sure that no third-party entity is able to intercept those conversations or the media files that are being shared via WhatsApp. This is why the WhatsApp is updated with software tweaks, bug fixes and security improvements every day.

WhatsApp keeps on getting new features that make it more useful and relevant. Last week, the company reportedly started testing a feature that allows its users to share their status on Facebook, Instagram stories, Gmail and Google Photos directly from the app itself. Now, as per a tweet from WABetainfo, WhatsApp may be gearing up to add a “QR Code” shortcut that will allow users to quickly add contact information by scanning a QR Code.

Other apps like LinkedIn and Instagram also provide similar features. WABetaInfo shared the report about this on its official Twitter handle and shared a screenshot of the feature as well, the QR code shortcut has been added to WhatsApp beta Android version 2.19.189. The tweet reads, “In the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.19.189 update, WhatsApp is working on a QR Code shortcut (it's not visible yet).”

According to the screenshot, it can be seen that soon the users would be able to access the QR code feature on the app using the dedicated button.The feature will allow you to add contacts from within the app rather than fumbling around in the contacts app of your phone.
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Google To Charge Android Partners Up To $40 Per Device For Apps: Report

October 20, 2018
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Google To Charge Android Partners Up To $40 Per Device For Apps: Report
Alphabet Inc's Google will charge hardware firms up to $40 per gadget to utilize its apps under another licensing system to supplant one that the European Union this year considered enemy of focused, a man acquainted with the issue said on Friday. 

The new charge becomes effective on October 29 for any new cell phone or tablet models propelled in the European Economic Area and running Google's Android working system, the organization reported on Tuesday. 

The charge can be as low as $2.50 and rises relying upon the nation and device size, the individual said. It is standard crosswise over makers, with the majority likely to pay around $20, the person included. 

Organizations can counterbalance the charge, which applies to a suite of apps including the Google Play application store, Gmail and Google Maps, by consenting to package Google's pursuit and Chrome web program and highlight them noticeably. Under that course of action, Google would give the gadget creator a bit of promotion income it produces through inquiry and Chrome. 

Tech news outlet the Verge revealed the evaluating before on Friday, referring to private records. 

The European Commission in July discovered Google manhandled its market strength in versatile programming to basically drive Android accomplices to pre-introduce inquiry and Chrome on their devices. It demanded a record $5-billion fine, which Google has offered, and debilitated extra punishments except if the organization finished its illicit practices. 

The new system should give Google's opponents, for example, Microsoft Corp more space to band together with hardware creators to wind up the default apps for inquiry and perusing, examiners said. 

Qwant, a little French hunt organization that has been reproachful of Google, said in an announcement on Friday that it was "fulfilled that the European Commission's activity pushed Google to at long last give producers the likelihood to offer such decisions to buyers."
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