I don't know about the UK, but in Italy everyone is on WhatsApp, grandparents included, and without it the country would shut down in a couple of hours. In addi

I don't know about the UK, but in Italy everyone is on WhatsApp, grandparents included, and without it the country would shut down in a couple of hours. In addition, Italians create WhatsApp group chats for everything. Heck, my sport club has three separate whatsapp groups: a general one, one for the senior's team, and a third one to broadcast official information.