WhatsApp’s 10th birthday: Users want these features to be available next

WhatsApp has just turned ten and it’s already celebrating. Started by two ex-Yahoo employees in 2009, WhatsApp today has grown to become the world’s most popular chat app, outdoing some of the established names. The journey, however, has had its highs and lows, especially after WhatsApp was formally acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion – the biggest takeover of the time. While the Facebook-owned app continues to write new stories everyday, its users always have much to say when it comes to the features available on the platform.

A poll was conducted by WhatsApp watchdog WABetaInfo, asking WhatsApp users the features that they wish to see as a part of the next update. While some of the answers really made us think about how much of a laggard WhatsApp is, some were just purely ambitious. There were many people expressing their discontent on not getting the features on WhatsApp that they usually find on other apps, one of them specifically being Telegram that is known for its secure messaging platform.