What's What's app?

[HertzvanRental]

If you can navigate your way around this forum, then using something like whats app is easy!!

Being serious for a moment, if you don't have relatively frequent visits from young people,mine are all farther afield, then you probably don't know that these things exist, let alone how to use them!
Perhaps there is business opportunity fir somebody to instruct old fogies!!

 

[Katherine]

Being serious for a moment, if you don't have relatively frequent visits from young people,mine are all farther afield, then you probably don't know that these things exist, let alone how to use them!
Perhaps there is business opportunity fir somebody to instruct old fogies!!

It took me a long time to work out how to use a forum compared to whats app.
I was able to talk to mum aged 74, over the phone, how to use whats app. Not all in one go. But now she loves it.

 

[Paul139]

Looking at what's app on the play store it says wait for it " and much more set custom wallpapers and notification sounds" sign me up!

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I has and the kids have

They use Steam - bet you hadn't heard of that !!!

Isn't it like Grinder?

 

[screenman]

What's app!, Snap chat! Whatever happened to John Bull Printing Sets?

The ink dried up in mine.

 

[fossyant]

Isn't it like Grinder?

I ain't googling that ???

 

[Milkfloat]

Ok but indulge me.
My daughter is going to the USA next week. As long as she can get WiFi,Messenger will send photos,text,I can create groups on it and I can call her on it. So why would I use What's App which so far as I can see does exactly the same.
I'm just wondering if I'm missing out on some great new thing or is it just another one of many apps that do similar things that comes down to personal preference?

WhatsApp is platform agnostic, so you can use it on the majority of mobile devices.

To be honest most of these services are very similar, so just go with what your friends/relatives are using.

 

[Paul139]

Platform agnostic. Mmm. @Milkfloat I think you've probably hit the nail on the head. It's just whatever your friends or family use. Not better or worse. Thanks.

 

[classic33]

They use Steam - bet you hadn't heard of that !!!

WhatsApp is platform agnostic, so you can use it on the majority of mobile devices.

To be honest most of these services are very similar, so just go with what your friends/relatives are using.

Can they be used on one of these though?

 

[jefmcg]

Its part of google Alphabet I think?

FTFY

 

[welsh dragon]

FTFY

It doesn't matter what they call themselves. They are still sh*te.

 

[jefmcg]

If you mean Facebook Messenger then I personally don't use it because of the access rights on your phone that it requires to work.

+1

You don't want to use it on your android (not sure how permissions work on IOS)

The even say they will listen to the sounds to see what you are watching or listening to. The say they will delete conversations, and we trust them of course

This app has access to:
Identity

• read your own contact card
• find accounts on the device

Contacts

• read your contacts

Location

• precise location (GPS and network-based)
• approximate location (network-based)

SMS

• read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
• receive text messages (MMS)
• edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)
• receive text messages (SMS)
• send SMS messages

Phone

• directly call phone numbers
• read call log

Photos / Media / Files

• modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
• read the contents of your USB storage

Camera

• take pictures and videos

Microphone

• record audio

Wi-Fi connection information

• view Wi-Fi connections

Device ID & call information

• read phone status and identity

Other

• download files without notification
• receive data from Internet
• control vibration
• install shortcuts
• run at startup
• draw over other apps
• read battery statistics
• read sync settings
• send sticky broadcast
• read Google service configuration
• change network connectivity
• prevent device from sleeping
• view network connections
• change your audio settings
• full network access

Messenger

 

[classic33]

+1

You don't want to use it on your android (not sure how permissions work on IOS)

The even say they will listen to the sounds to see what you are watching or listening to. The say they will delete conversations, and we trust them of course

Angry Birds downloads and sends your contacts to the company.

 

[tyred]

What are friends? Don't think I have any!

 

[summerdays]

My kids have snapchat and so do I if it comes to it but I feel like I'm not the right generation. I just don't see the point in taking a photo that lasts for such a short time. It's usually gone before I can look at it properly. My kids know that on the few occasions they try snapchatting me, they will normally get one back saying .... Please send in a message instead!

There always seems to be some new app that they are using, and I prefer the old ones that I've got to know so mainly a combination of texting, instant messaging, Facebook as my main means of communication.