Sridhar Vembu just dropped a big warning for Arattai users ahead of new update: here's what to know
Posted on: Nov 12, 2025 20:26 IST | Posted by: Livemint
Zoho's Sridhar Vembu has talked virtually the accompany adding end-to-end encryption to the company's WhatsApp challenger Arattai. The 57-year older tekki says that Zoho is planning to launch a new update for the Arattai app in a couple of weeks.
"We will have an update in a couple of days. The full backup will be launched in two to four weeks." Vembu said in an interaction with ANI
"It will take us some time. So tomorrow or the day after, in a couple of days, we'll have an update. Then, in another two weeks, we will have an update because one thing about end-to-end encryption is that you have to have a backup. Otherwise, if you reinstall the app, you will lose all your chats. We are actually working on the backup. In the cloud version, the backup was in the server automatically. Now, in this device's encrypted version, you have to choose a backup... You have to have the original device key. It's a technically complex thing to solve. We are going to launch it with the idea that you can use it, but the backup will land in maybe two, three, or four weeks..." he added
Notably, Arattai already had end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls but lacked the feature for text messages. However, the company claims on its website that all its data is stored in India and all conversations and titles are encrypted in storage.
Arattai had gained a lot of popularity in India a few weejs back when the app topped the charts on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store amid a push for homegrown software apps.
However, a major criticism for Arattai had become the lack of end-to-end encryption, a major security feature that its global rivals like WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram have had for years.
The company also claims that it does not sell user data and does not monetize it through advertisements. In contrast, WhatsApp has recently started begun showing ads to users on their Status. Meanwhie, Meta has also confirmed that it will use the conversations of users' with Meta AI to personalize ads to user along with other content.
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