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Vi launches Rs 3199 annual plan: Prime Video, unlimited calls, and more!
Mumbai: India’s leading telecom service provider Vi has introduced a new annual prepaid recharge pack priced at Rs 3199, bringing Amazon Prime video subscription bundled with its recharges for the first time to its prepaid customers. This comprehensive offering is designed to provide Vi prepaid users with an unparalleled blend of connectivity and entertainment. Vi is the only telecom player to offer as many benefits built into an annual plan at the lowest in category tariff of Rs 3199.
Tailored for today’s digital lifestyle, Vi’s Rs.3199 recharge pack provides subscribers with unlimited Calls, 2GB Data per Day and a one-year subscription to Amazon Prime Video mobile edition. This exclusive OTT benefit ensures that prepaid customers can now enjoy a diverse range of entertainment content ranging from latest movies, TV shows & Amazon originals, on the go.
Additional features of this recharge pack include unlimited national calls, daily quota of 100 SMS, weekend data rollover, and binge-free between 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. enabling hassle-free conversations and messaging.
This launch has further strengthened its existing OTT portfolio:
Vi users can recharge with new Rs 3199 pack on the Vi App/ website or at the nearest Vi store.
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WhatsApp may soon let users to pick who sees their status updates
The messaging giant is borrowing a page from Instagram’s playbook as it pushes to give users finer control over their social circles.
CALIFORNIA: WhatsApp is quietly working on a feature that could make its Status function considerably smarter and considerably more private.
According to reports from beta tracking platforms, the app is testing a tool called Status lists, which would allow users to create named groups such as close friends, family and colleagues, and control precisely which group sees each update. It is a meaningful step up from the platform’s current blunt instruments, which offer only three options: share with all contacts, exclude specific people, or manually select individuals each time.
The new feature draws an obvious comparison with Instagram’s Close Friends function, and the resemblance is unlikely to be accidental. Both platforms sit within Meta’s family, and the company has been nudging them toward a common logic of audience segmentation for some time.
The move also fits neatly into WhatsApp’s broader privacy push. The platform has been rolling out enhanced chat protections and is exploring the introduction of usernames, which would allow users to connect without exchanging phone numbers. Status lists extend that philosophy from messaging into broadcasting.
Meanwhile, Status itself has been evolving well beyond its origins as a simple photo-and-text slideshow. The feature now supports music stickers, collages, longer videos and interactive elements, pushing it closer to the social-media-style story format pioneered by Snapchat and refined by Instagram. In that context, finer audience controls are not merely a privacy feature. They are a precondition for people sharing more.
The feature remains in development and has not been confirmed for release. WhatsApp routinely tests tools that are later modified or quietly shelved. But the direction of travel is clear: the app wants Status to be a destination, not an afterthought. Letting users decide exactly who is in the audience is how it gets there.
