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It also enables you to make phone and video calls, which means you could skip having a phone plan altogether if all your contacts use WhatsApp. You can share files up to 100MB with other contacts on WhatsApp, too, making it a versatile communication app.

The app has end-to-end encryption, which sounds good, but it is owned by Facebook, and we all know how much that company likes to meddle with your personal data. If you’re looking for more secure alternatives, check out our article on encrypting text messages.


You’ll see a button that says, “back up.” Clicking on it will backup your messages. WhatsApp will try to save your backups to your SD card first if you have one. If you don’t, it will save messages to your hard drive. WhatsApp will automatically create backups at 2 a.m. every day.