WhatsApp Best Features- Launched : Do You Know?

WhatsApp Best Features-  Launched : Do You Know?

What's app- You feel Amazing! is not it? WhatsApp is the Facebook-owned instant messaging app - which has already launched several new features for iPhone and Android users both. Now Apart from new features like Tipline, WhatsApp Web PiP improvements, Reply Privately feature for iPhone, and the restriction to forwarding chats, -WhatsApp has also rolled out its Business app for iPhone users in seven countries. Apart from these features, a host of features like a new privacy setting for group invites and the ability to download a single sticker were also spotted in beta testing.

#.New WhatsApp features (Beta version)

1.. WhatsApp Privacy Setting for Group Invites

Now WhatsApp is working on a new privacy settings for Groups, helping prevent spam group invites that have been a pain point for many users. The new settings are available in the Android beta and iPhone beta apps, and you can use these versions in case you're keen to experience it ahead of its official rollout. This new feature is visible in v2.19.93 beta for Android, and the v2.19.40.26 beta for iPhone. This feature has been announced for the stable apps as well, and while it is currently only available with select users, it will be rolled out globally over the coming weeks.

2.. WhatsApp Forwarding Info enabled

Now WhatsApp- beta 2.19.87 update this month enabled the Forwarding Info feature. All the users who updated to this beta version could see the number of times a message has been forwarded. However, this information is available only when you are the sender of a message that has been forwarded to multiple users. Now This can be checked by long-pressing the forwarded message and tapping on the information icon ('i' in a circle) at the top.

3..WhatsApp Consecutive Voice Messages feature

Now WhatsApp Android beta v2.19.86 brought along a new feature called Consecutive Voice Messages. As the name suggests, this feature allows for auto-playing of two or more voice messages sent one after the other. This feature was enabled last month, after being a work-in-progress since November last year, and you will need to be on the above mentioned beta version (or the latest beta) to use it.

4. WhatsApp Short Link feature for iPhone

Now For iPhone users, WhatsApp rolled out the Short Link feature with Business beta version 2.19.21.5. This feature is already available on both the regular Android and WhatsApp Business for Android apps, and is finally being tested on iOS. By using the new Short Link feature, the business can access a short wa.me URL to share with its customers, so that they can start a WhatsApp chat with the organisation. Hence Once you're on the latest version, head to Settings to find the Short Link section.

5. WhatsApp Transgender Flag Emoji introduced

Now WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.19.73 brought an emoji showing a transgender flag. For this You need to go to the flag emoji section from the emoji menu to see the transgender flag that sits alongside the LGBT and UN flags. The Gadgets 360 was able to independently verify the presence of the new flag on the WhatsApp beta build.

#.New WhatsApp features (stable version)

1..WhatsApp- Business app for iPhone global rollout

Now After testing it out for a significant amount of time, WhatsApp started rolling out the Business App for iPhone users in seven countries, including India. Now it is officially available in a total of seven countries, namely India, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, the UK, and the US. It will be made available across the world in the coming weeks. If We recall, the WhatsApp Business app is a standalone app targeted at small businesses looking for a quick and efficient way to connect with their customers. WhatsApp Business for Android has been made available for a year now. If you live in one of the countries mentioned above, you can download the app from App Store.

2..WhatsApp- Tipline feature introduced

Now In a bid to crack down on fake news ahead of the general election in the country, WhatsApp unveiled its ''Checkpoint Tipline'' feature where people can check the authenticity of information received. People in India can submit misinformation or rumours they receive to the Checkpoint Tipline on WhatsApp (+91-9643-000-888). Now if Once a WhatsApp user shares a suspicious message with the tipline, Proto's verification centre will seek to respond and inform the user if the claim made in message shared is verified or not. It's response will indicate if information is classified as true, false, misleading, disputed or out of scope.

3.. WhatsApp- Web PiP mode improvements

Now WhatsApp introduced Picture-in-Picture mode for desktop users last year, but at that time, it only worked for the videos shared by the users themselves. Now With an update in February, WhatsApp Web users got the ability to use Picture-in-Picture mode for all video links, with support for Facebook, YouTube, Streamable, and Instagram video links introduced. This feature has came with WhatsApp Web version 0.3.2041 update.

4.. WhatsApp- Business on Web and Desktop improvements

Now To mark the first anniversary of the launch of WhatsApp Business app, WhatsApp introduced quick replies, labels, and chat list filtering on the Web version as well as the desktop clients of the Business app. These features were already available to WhatsApp Business users on mobile, but since January, these can now also be used on the Web version as well as WhatsApp desktop apps.

5.. WhatsApp -limits forwards to 5 chats globally

Now To combat fake news on its chat platform, WhatsApp limited the forward feature to just five chats. This unlimited feature was first rolled out to Indian users in July last year, and in January, the company rolled it out to all users globally. This change has come as part of WhatsApp's aim to maintain the image of a 'private messaging app' rather than one infamous for the spreading of fake news.

6..WhatsApp - for iPhone gets Reply Privately feature

Now In the first week of 2019, WhatsApp rolled out an update for iPhone users, bringing many new features like Reply Privately support in WhatsApp Groups, ability to add stickers to photos, videos, and 3D Touch support to preview a contact's status. The Reply Privately feature allows the participants of a group to reply privately to a chat in their 1:1 chat. To use this feature, the WhatsApp users will have to tap and hold a message in a group chat and select More, then select Reply Privately. Android users got this feature last year.

#.New WhatsApp features -spotted in development, and disabled by default-

1.. WhatsApp Dark Mode

The WhatsApp is working on Dark Mode, and traces of it have been spotted in varied beta versions. The utmost recent beta v2.19.87 and v2.19.82 for Android give us a look on how the black colour scheme will look in the ‘Profile section' Settings, and on the Status bar once the feature has been enabled.

But it appears that the “Request Account Info” and “Two Factor Authentication” are among a few sub-sections that won't get the dark colour scheme when the dark mode has been enabled, but it may change with the upcoming beta builds. It's worth mentioning here that these are just traces spotted in the code and the dark mode feature has officially not been rolled out for beta testers. At this moment, there is no word as to when the dark mode will arrive on WhatsApp for Android via a stable or beta update.

2.. WhatsApp Picture in Picture Mode v2

Inside WhatsApp Android beta v2.19.86, Picture in Picture improvements was also spotted. The P-i-P mode allows allows users to watch videos, hosted on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Streamable in-app. P-i-P version 2 will also allow users switch chat without closing the P-i-P video bubble. Users cannot switch chat without closing the video currently, and WhatsApp is reportedly now working on fixing this limitation. Furthermore, in the next version of P-i-P mode will also allow WhatsApp users to watch a video in P-i-P mode even when the app is running in the background.

3.. WhatsApp fingerprint authentication feature for Android

Now WhatsApp Android beta app version 2.19.83 revealed traces of a new Authentication feature were spotted. The company has been working for bringing this feature since a while now, and this update showed that WhatsApp has made a lot of progress. Unfortunately, this feature has been disabled by default, so it won't work for beta users as of yet. However It remains unclear when WhatsApp plans to roll it out for the stable version users.

As you know the name suggests, the Authentication feature will let WhatsApp users lock their account, and unlock it using a fingerprint sensor. This feature can be enabled in Settings > Account > Privacy > Use Fingerprint to Unlock. Once it's enabled, WhatsApp will register your fingerprint. It will then ask if you want the app to be locked immediately (after you leave the app)/ after 1 minute/ after 10 minutes/ or after 30 minutes.

Now WhatsApp will show a sign indicating to users that they needs to unlock the app using fingerprint authentication. It will be showing an error if the app is not unlocked after multiple tries. Notably, the iPhone users already have the feature in the stable version of the iOS app, and apart from the fingerprint authentication via Touch ID, facial recognition via Face ID is also available to them.

4.. WhatsApp Frequently Forwarded label

Now This new feature was spotted in WhatsApp Android beta version 2.19.80. This Frequently Forwarded label will show up if one message has been forwarded more than four times. WhatsApp wanted to add this feature to help the user to understand when a message is very popular on WhatsApp. The tracker notes that this forwarding Information feature does not seem to be available when a message is set as Frequently Forwarded. While this Forwarding Information feature has been enabled in beta, this one still remains ‘disabled by default'.

5. .WhatsApp's in-app browser

The WhatsApp Andriod beta version - 2.19.74 was spotted to feature an in-app browser every time the user tries to open a link shared over the app. This WhatsApp feature is disabled by default and still under development. This feature is being built to detect unsafe pages using the "Safe Browsing" feature which was added to Android 8.1 last year. Now this would alert users when a page is infected with malicious content.

WhatsApp Best Features-  Launched In 2019 : Do You Know?