WhatsApp is 12 years old, with over 1 billion calls coming in every day

WhatsApp announced on Thursday that the instant messaging platform has turned 12 years old. Announcing its 12th anniversary, the Facebook-owned company revealed that it handles more than 1 billion calls per day. WhatsApp was launched in February 2009 and was originally created to give status to its users. Over time, however, it was further developed and built as a complete messaging platform. Until recently, the company added voice and video calling features. The company did not stop there and also launched WhatsApp Payments to provide payment services to app users. But since the beginning of the year, the company has faced criticism over its new privacy policy.

One posted Thursday Tweets Announced to turn 12 years old via WhatsApp. The tweet talks about some previously announced statistics, including two billion (2 billion) monthly active users and 100 billion (10 billion) messages Has been told. But it is also known that the app, known for its instant messaging experience, handles more than 1 billion calls daily.

WhatsApp added voice calling support to its app in February 2015 and launched a video calling offer in November 2016. The company also added group voice and video calling support in August 2018. In addition to making calls, WhatsApp users were given the option to share stickers and GIFs, and the latest feature was added to the app as WhatsApp Payments, which is meant for money transactions.

WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in February 2014, launched in 2009 by former Yahoo employees Brian Acton and Jan Koum. But after that, questions began to arise about the privacy of WhatsApp. Many experts say the company shares user data with Facebook and its affiliates.

Recently, the controversy over the privacy of users on WhatsApp has escalated when the company changed it The new privacy policy is being implemented To bird though the company took it It has been cleared The new policy is for business accounts only and will not affect general user accounts. Instead of implementing this policy in February, the company came under pressure Until May 15 Delayed.