When a year ends, it’s time to look back and take stock. 2015 was a year full of news for WhatsApp . The instant messaging application has been updated, transformed and improved to offer users a service that is increasingly suited to their needs. And the users have also changed, looking for new topics and solutions in the great Whatsappian universe.

But what were the most important events of 2015 for WhatsApp ?

Let’s take a step back in time and retrace the most important milestones and trends (maybe you missed something. Well, now it’s time to find out.)

WhatsApp 2015

WhatsApp 2015 was characterized by a first important novelty: the SMS has been overcome . For the first time, in fact, the number of messages sent via WhatsApp in the world has exceeded that of SMS, old and dear text messages.

What better record to remember for 2015?

But this record is only one aspect of the extraordinary year experienced by WhatsApp.

Another important novelty is the possibility of using the application also on a tablet .

Unfortunately, there is still no official version of Whatsapp for iPad or tablet. But despite this shortcoming, users have used this trick to overcome the problem.

Being on the subject of “year-end budgets”, however, we cannot fail to look at the new year as well. For this reason, in 2016 we expect an official version of WhatsApp for tablets (I know, there is the problem of the telephone number (WhatsApp only works if associated with a number, which tablets do not always have). WhatsApp may surprise us once again, or so we’d like to.

2015 is also the year of voice calls for WhatsApp .

After the first initial difficulties (connection problems or call quality problems) the custom of calling friends via WhatsApp spread rapidly. Today, calling with WhatsApp is a “normal” thing.

And it has also become normal to delete a contact from WhatsApp .

This aspect was underestimated until recently. We chatted with everyone without distinction, anyone added… Then, the frenzy of novelty collides with the bitter awareness of the annoyance we have to be contacted by certain individuals. Thus, knowing how to permanently delete a WhatsApp contact has become not only useful, but fundamental . We have explained how to do it in detail on this page. Which, not surprisingly, was one of the most read on this site.

Going forward in retracing the 2015 of WhatsApp we find another aspect to remember: the ability to spy on messages .

This is one of the most searched WhatsApp topics of the year. So much so that we do not exaggerate to define 2015 as “the year of spying on WhatsApp”. The applications to spy on other phones have become more and more popular, and thousands of users have searched for information on how to “steal” another user’s chats (which, remember, is absolutely illegal) or on how to defend against attacks.

If on the one hand in 2015 we tried to “spy”, on the other there is a sweeter and more likeable aspect: the images with writing to send to friends .

In fact, the year just ended saw a boom in the sending of these sentences. Phrases for good morning, good night, love, about life. On WhatsApp we have sent everything. A way to give a little thought to a friend, always appreciated and effective (always if we do not exaggerate with a hundred thousand messages per second).

But let’s go further.

How can we not remember the middle finger in this 2015 of WhatsApp ?

The new emoticon was one of the most talked about. It almost seemed that many users were waiting for nothing more than to send this “gesture” to someone via WhatsApp. It was a bit tricky to find at first, but after a couple of updates everyone can use it without difficulty today.

WhatsApp 2015 was also the year of marketing .

Many companies have started using the application to communicate with customers or for personnel management. We have talked about it in depth, giving examples, on this page . The most interesting aspect? Perhaps, thanks to WhatsApp, companies are “humanizing”. You chat with customers as if they were friends, and customers feel more pampered.

Finally, to remember this 2015 Whatsappiano we cannot fail to bring up the new graphics (if compared the WhatsApp screen of a year ago with the current one, it looks really “old”), the preview of the links (which appears by sharing a link in the chat) and the ability to mark messages as important .

And also, to conclude, a strange question of the ” point at the end of the messages “.

Did you know that dot messages at the end are perceived as a lie?

This also applies to SMS and other messaging services, but it is certainly one of the most curious aspects that we could not leave out (among other things, supported by quite serious scientific research).

And in 2016, what news should we expect?

Having taken stock of 2015, expectations and wishes for the new year inevitably light up. There are no official WhatsApp communications regarding new updates or new features.

Maybe video calls?

Maybe the ability to make payments or send money?

A definitive integration with Facebook?

Maybe. Nobody can say for sure what 2016 has in store for us.

Do you have any ideas or wishes? Let’s expose the future together. Leave a comment in the box below.

Meanwhile, we enjoy this year full of news on WhatsApp. In 2015 he surprised us. We are sure that he will be able to do it again in the new year.