WhatsApp makes U-turn on 'Status' feature, rolling back its biggest recent update

WhatsApp has rolled back its biggest update in years. Just weeks ago, Facebook announced that it would be adding its'stories' feature to the app, and removing text statuses at the same time. It brought WhatsApp in line with its other major apps, which all now include the stories tool that was once Snapchat's most famous feature. But immediate backlash has led WhatsApp to move the change back and add the text statuses that had been part of the app since its beginning, and have now been removed. Stories will continue to exist in the app, but they will work alongside the traditional text updates.