Starting before sunrise and reaching a crescendo before 8 a.m., internet newbies post millions of good-morning images to friends, family and strangers. Many like nothing better than to begin the day by sending greetings from their phones. Millions of Indians are getting online for the first time-and they are filling up the internet. To tackle this problem, the Facebook-owned messaging app added status message so users could say good morning to all their contacts at once. As per a study by Wall Street Journal, Indians obsession with sending ‘Good Morning!’ messages are leaving one in three smartphone users in India run out of space on their phones daily. WhatsApp messages feature end-to-end encryption, meaning that none of your status updates, documents or messages, including photos, videos, calls, voice messages, will get into the wrong hands. Many thought that the idea was loosely copied from Snapchat stories feature, however, the real reason is different. The feature is available for both Android, iOS and Windows smartphone users. WhatsApp last year in February launched its new status feature which lets users upload photos and videos for their contacts to see, instead of a simple text-based status message.

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