Although Facebook is facing heat from all corners, its instant messaging platform, WhatsApp remains unscathed. The team is keeping its focus on bringing new features that not only make our lives easier but also makes it easy to access chats. Being one of the widely-used messenger applications, the firm keeps on testing features from time to time under beta mode, most of which make it to the final version. Here we have compiled the popular WhatsApp features listed out by the website WABeta info that will soon be reaching end users and is likely to change the way to send messages.
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9 things that will change the way you use WhatsApp
Vacation Mode
This is also a feature that is under works. It is said to be based on the ‘Silent mode’ that has reportedly started rolling out to customers. This feature archives the chats for as long as the user wants.
Expandable group participants list
This feature available in WhatsApp for Android hides the entire list of members in the group and instead shows a ‘More’ text, tapping on which will reveal the rest of the list.
Chat Stickers
WhatsApp is said to be working on new chat stickers for a while now. We have seen some screenshots on the web by some users but it is still not there in beta mode. It shows up in the inbuilt emoji section inside the app.
Linked Accounts
WhatsApp is said to be working on something called as ‘Linked Accounts’. The feature’s purpose is not yet known however, it is being assumed that one can use it to recover passwords of other linked accounts.
Swipe to Reply (Android)
Swipe to Reply is one such feature that is already there on iOS devices and is in the beta version on WhatsApp for Android. You can simply swipe right on the message and start typing a reply.
Advertisements in WhatsApp Status
Several reports online have pointed out to the fact that Facebook may bring advertisements to WhatsApp in the form of Status updates. One of the reports cites a WhatsApp executive saying that Facebook already had plans to bring ads to WhatsApp even before it acquired the app.
PiP mode for videos
The Picture-in-Picture mode has been there in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android for a while now. It was already there on the iOS platform. This will let users continue watching videos even while scrolling through the chat thread.
Possible Dark Mode
Last month, WA Beta info confirmed in a tweet that WhatsApp has started working on a Dark Theme. Some concept images were also shared later but since then nothing has been confirmed. The feature is also not there in the beta version. Only time will tell when this cosmetic change will roll out.
Message recall limit increase
While you already have the ability to delete messages after sending them within an hour, this update would let you delete messages within 13 hours. This is still in testing phases.
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