Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

How to install Chat, set it to autostart on your system, take control of your Chat status and notifications, as well as how to turn Chats into Spaces to manage files and tasks. For people who use ...

WhatsApp is on a spree with updates. The Meta-owned chat company recently announced a range of privacy features for the app and now another major update is under testing. According to WaBetaInfo, the ...

A few years ago, WhatsApp launched Status, an Instagram Stories–like feature, to its app. Now, it seems the company is really pushing hard for users to start taking advantage of this function more and ...

As classic Hangouts is set to go away for Workspace customers, Google continues to update Chat and Spaces with more capabilities. A small tweak sees Gmail for Android introduce new status bar icons ...

What if Instagram could automatically tell your Close Friends you’re 🏠 (home), 🤓 (working), 🚗 (on the move) or 🛋️ (chilling and might want to hang out)? That’s the idea behind Instagram’s new ...