New features that came to WhatsApp in 2020 SE3 EP23
Facebook-owned WhatsApp launched a new 'disappearing messages' feature for users across markets in 2020. But unlike rival platform Telegram's self-destruct timer, that lets users choose the disappearing time ranging from a second to minutes to a week, messages on WhatsApp will stay on for a week before they disappear, if users activate the feature.\nWhatsApp also launched 'carts' for businesses and users on the platform. WhatsApp said Catalogs have allowed people to see what\u2019s available and helped businesses organize their chats around particular items and with more shopping happening through chats, it wants to make buying and selling easier. \n\nThe company said with carts, which are going live around the world, people can browse a catalog, select multiple products and send the order as one message to the business accounts.\n\nearly November, Facebook-owned WhatsApp and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced that WhatsApp will start operating UPI payments service. \n\nAccording to a blog post by WhatsApp, "WhatsApp designed our payments feature in partnership with NPCI using the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), an India-first, real-time payment system that enables transactions with over 160 supported banks."