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Transferring WhatsApp messages from an Android device to an iPhone used to be an annoying hassle. But the important phrase there is "used to be." After years of patiently waiting, WhatsApp finally offers an official method for taking your conversations from an Android phone to an iPhone. Contents Download the Move to iOS app Set up your new iPhone Use Move to iOS to transfer your WhatsApp data Difficulty Easy Duration 15 minutes What You Need An iPhone with iOS 15.5 or newer An Android phone with Android 5.0 or newer The latest version of WhatsApp Apple's Move to iOS app While WhatsApp offers cloud backups for conversations, these backups are tied to specific operating systems. If you make a cloud backup to Google Drive on your Android phone, you can only access those backups on another Android device. And if you make a WhatsApp backup via iCloud on your iPhone , you can only restore that backup from another … [Read more...] about How to transfer WhatsApp messages from Android to iPhone | Digital Trends

Messaging a friend used to be a case of sending an SMS (a text message), which was almost always done through a single app. Nowadays SMS has fallen out of fashion, and data-driven messenger apps are the thing to use. There are already dozens of high-profile chat apps, but Google has added the group chat app Spaces , the ludicrously named Allo chat app , and the video chat app Duo to the mix. Which one should we use? If you’re not sure, don’t look at Google. Based on its confused approach to messaging, it doesn’t have a clue either, which is concerning for the company in charge of Android, the world’s most popular mobile operating system. Confused? You will be On your Android phone now you’ll find Hangouts, which can do SMS, messages, video chat, and group chat, and plenty more. It can do most everything, but that’s not enough for Google. Recently, Google relaunched Google Messenger , which also does SMS, and in the past week Spaces, a collaborative group chat app. If you … [Read more...] about Google’s Chat Apps Don’t Make Any Sense | Digital Trends

These days, your phone is capable of just about anything, from boosting your dating prospects (check out our best dating apps ) to looking up recipes. And if you have an iPhone or iPad, the App Store offers one of the largest collections of applications on the planet, one that spans a myriad of popular categories. Contents Communication and messaging Dating Food Gaming Going out and travel Health and fitness Music and podcasts News Payment and money management Photography Reading Shopping Social media Sports Streaming video Utilities and customization Show 11 more items Given the sheer number of apps, however, where do you even start? Here, we’ve rounded up some of the best iPhone apps available, whether you’re new to iOS or you’re simply looking to expand your arsenal beyond the best iPhone games . If you’re an Android user, we’ve also curated guides to the best Android apps and best Android games . … [Read more...] about The best iPhone apps (June 2022) | Digital Trends

Creators on Facebook and Instagram will soon have more ways to generate revenue from their content. On Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared via a Facebook post (and in a series of comments on that post), a few updates on monetization for creators on Facebook and Instagram. These updates included expansions to existing monetization options, as well as a few new ways to make money. The expanded monetization programs include Facebook Stars and the Reels Play bonus program. Facebook Stars lets creators generate revenue from their audio and video content by letting viewers of that content purchase Stars to be sent to that content’s creator. Facebook will then pay creators $0.01 per Star received. Zuckerberg said the Stars program would be opened up to “all eligible creators so more people can start earning from their Reels, live, or VOD videos.” And in an emailed statement, Meta provided further details and described eligible creators as those “who have at least 1,000 … [Read more...] about New ways Meta pays you to make videos on Facebook, Instagram | Digital Trends

If you saw an alert from Twitter in your timeline today about its use of “use of your personal information for tailored advertising,” you don’t necessarily need to panic. But the alert links to a statement from the app that is definitely worth reading. The alert from Twitter is appearing within your timeline — we saw it this morning via the desktop web version of Twitter. The timeline alert is a notice that Twitter “ may have served you targeted ads based on an email address or phone number you provided to us to secure your account. ” This alert then links to a Twitter Help Center article that reads like an apology statement from the bird app itself. The issue that the alert is referring to is the fact that recently Twitter reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its gathering and use of Twitter users’ email addresses and phone numbers for targeted advertising. As today’s timeline alert notes, that personal information was provided by users to … [Read more...] about Twitter apologizes for personal data misuse with timeline alert | Digital Trends