How to use WhatsApp Status, the messaging app's 'stories' feature for sharing ephemeral content

WhatsApp Status is similar to Snapchat or Instagram Stories; you can post updates with photos, video, and text in the app's ...
Engadget

WhatsApp introduces new creative tools for status updates

WhatsApp will soon allow users to post collages, music and new stickers as part of their WhatsApp Status. The status feature within WhatsApp functions similarly to the Stories feature on Facebook and ...
TechCrunch

WhatsApp users can now add songs to their Status updates

WhatsApp launched a new feature on Friday, where users can include brief music clips in their Status updates, reminiscent of the Myspace era. Status resembles Instagram Stories and allows users to ...
Mashable

WhatsApp announces new features for Status, an AIM away message for the 21st century

WhatsApp Status is getting a bit of a facelift. Status is WhatsApp's version of an AIM away message (an ancient AOL feature from the early days of the social internet), which basically allows users to ...
TechCrunch

WhatsApp is adding ads to the Status screen

After years of providing free services without any bells attached, WhatsApp is now going to start showing ads on the popular chat app. To be clear, users will only see ads on the Status screen — the ...