The free update should be available to all users “in the coming weeks,” the company added.
The app, which counts more than2 billion users worldwide, started as an SMS alternative for many people.
Facebookpurchased WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion.
Metasued surveillance firm NSO Groupin 2019 over alleged WhatsApp hacks.
Less than a year later, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’phone was hackedthrough a WhatsApp message.
WhatsApp has been criticized over the years for being hard to use, particularly whenadding contactsorswitching phones.
The company has recently been overhauling its app, making itappear more modernandmore flexiblefor people who have multiple devices.
