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It's a service to send text messages using data not SMS, or make calls using data not minutes.
I have some friends who use it when they are working in Europe because they can make all their phone calls/chats over wifi and not have to get an international plan.
I have some friends who use it when they are working in Europe because they can make all their phone calls/chats over wifi and not have to get an international plan.
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I use WhatsApp to talk to all my friends and family in Asia.
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Outside of the US, it's probably the most popular "text" app out there. It avoids the limitations that iPhone to Android (or vis-versa) texting has.
In your case, it could simply have been a wrong number. That happens...
I always thought whatsapp was a US invention, but I find it odd that Americans themselves dont use it.
It is. Folks that left Yahoo! created it, as I recall.
Yeah, it's not that popular here, at least not compared to the rest of the world. As my cousin in the UK says, "everyone under 40" (in Europe) uses WhatsApp.
WhatsApp was founded by a couple Yahoo workers, who sold their company to Facebook for $19B (with a B).
One of them has a taste for Porsches, and hasn't done much of note since leaving.
The other co-founded, and supports the organization behind the Signal app, a chat app with a privacy focus, and has lamented his old app's fate, despite having reaped richly from its sale.
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It's not a scam app, it's a wonderful app!! I video call with my friends and family in Asia with it every day. Clear perfect video calls absolutely free of charge. I've been using it as long as it's been out. I'm not sure if cell carriers still charge for international texts and calls, but with WhatsApp it's always free.
Heh. This is an informative thread.
Makes me think the person asking me is from overseas...
I'm on HIGH ALERT for scams.
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I’ve never had anyone other than who’s in my calling list ever contact me there. Maybe someone you know trying to text you on WhatsApp via WiFi or internet?
Whew, for a moment I was worried that I might need to learn how to use it, thankfully I'm past the age limit.
Heh, coworker in Europe mentioned that I could contact him via this app, and I had to profess ignorance as to what it was. Now I have a better idea. [At work we have Microsoft Teams, so I'm not sure I "need" to learn another app.]
I'd pick WhatsApp over Teams every time !
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