Facebook Messenger Guide
Messenger is Meta's messaging app for one to one chats, group chats, voice calls and video calls. It runs as its own app on iPhone, iPad and Android, and in...
Communication Platforms
Guides for using Discord and WhatsApp, covering installation, backups, privacy features, and cross-platform migration.
Is Messenger Encrypted? What End-to-End Encryption Covers
Yes, for personal chats. Meta made end-to-end encryption the default for personal messages and calls on Messenger, so in most one to one conversations there is nothing to switch on....
How to Lock Messenger With Face ID, Fingerprint or a PIN
Messenger has a built-in app lock on iPhone and iPad that uses the face or fingerprint ID already set up on your device, with your device passcode as the fallback....
How to Use Messenger Without a Facebook Account
You can use Messenger without an active Facebook profile, but you cannot use it without ever creating a Facebook account. Meta's supported route is to create a Facebook account, deactivate...
How to Save Photos and Videos From Messenger
Messenger lets you save individual photos and videos you receive to your device, and in end-to-end encrypted chats it can download incoming photos automatically. Everything shared in a conversation is...
WhatsApp Guide: Web, Backups, Media and Privacy
WhatsApp is a messaging and calling app built around your phone number. It carries text, photos, video, voice messages, documents and voice or video calls over your internet connection rather...
How to Move WhatsApp From Android to iPhone
Moving WhatsApp from Android to iPhone uses Apple's Move to iOS app, not a backup restore. A Google Account backup cannot be read by an iPhone, so the only supported...
How to Back Up and Restore Your WhatsApp Chats
WhatsApp does not store your chat history on its servers, so the only copy that survives a lost or replaced phone is the backup you made yourself. On Android that...
WhatsApp Channels, Communities and Groups Explained
WhatsApp has three ways to reach more than one person, and they work nothing alike. A group is a conversation where everyone can post. A community is an umbrella that...
Is WhatsApp Really End-to-End Encrypted? What It Does and Doesn't Hide
Yes, WhatsApp is genuinely end-to-end encrypted, and it is on by default for personal messages and calls. It uses the Signal protocol, the same one behind the Signal app, and...
How to Find, Make and Share WhatsApp Stickers
Stickers live behind the sticker icon in every WhatsApp chat, next to the packs you have already downloaded. You can grab more from WhatsApp's own sticker store inside the app,...
How to Use WhatsApp on Two Phones With Linked Devices
You can use one WhatsApp account on two phones at the same time. The second phone joins as a companion device, linked to your main phone in the same way...
