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Saturday, February 6, 2016

COSTA RICA: Whatsapp increases to more than 200 users per group – EntornoInteligente

La Prensa Libre / since Facebook bought Whatsapp, there have been some complaints, but also many improvements, such as increasing the number of users in a group of 100 to 256 in total. This new feature is available for user devices running both Android and iOS, who can now use this new option, which allows the transmission of data and interaction increase by 150%. Android and Apple are the only operating systems that have so far this novelty, and it is possible that in the coming days will be available for other platforms like Windows Phone, Symbian, BlackBerry and Nokia. Those who use iPhone can see how groups of up to 256 people are possible with version 2.12.13 of the application, while users of the operating system Google will have to download the latest version v2.12.437. Part of this is also due to a way of approaching its main competitor Telegram, who hold an almost unattainable record, because in their chat groups allow up to 1,000 users. During its early years, Whatsapp only allowed a maximum of 15 members per group, then expanded the number to 50, and eventually realized that number was not enough, and would at that rate until the new figure. Currently, WhatsApp has over one billion users worldwide, this number corresponds to twice its audience since Facebook bought it in 2014, consequently generated revenues of more than $ 3.5 billion the previous year. According to statistics presented by the company months ago, it is estimated that every day about 42,000 million messages, 1,600 million photos and 250 million videos are shared

COSTA RICA. Whatsapp increases to more than 200 users per group

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http://entornointeligente.com/articulo/7851100/COSTA-RICA-Whatsapp-aumenta-a-mas-de-200-usuarios-por-grupo