Whatsapp has a great milestone of over 1 Billion + Downloads across the world of mobile users. It is one of the most popular apps of both Google Play Store and Apple's App Store and has several millions of active users at present.The company behind this social networking giant is rolling out four long awaited new features with its latest builds.
Yes,as your heard correct, Whatsapp Inc, owned by Facebook is rolling out latest features builds but in staged manner so users may not get all features immediately.Now we are going to have a quick look at all features.
1. FingerPrint Lock Feature
The features is not exactly a brand new addition to WhatsApp security functions. Earlier this year, iOS devices have already received the update that enabled this particular feature. Now, after a duration of around seven months, the feature is finally available on Android devices. In February 2019, iPhones had the ability to safeguard their app with bio-metric security either with FaceID or TouchID. The feature is currently live with WhatsApp beta version for Android 2.19.231 for those that wish to try it. A live build iteration is expected to arrive soon.
2. Whatsapp from Facebook
Previously, it was quite often seen in news that Facebook the parent company behind WhatsApp and Instagram, wants to integrate the three social media platforms. It means that the company wants the user experience to be almost seamless with transitions in between any of its social networking services. Users can find the “WhatsApp from Facebook” tag in the apps Settings section.
3. Frequently Forwarded
Several users on WhatsApp have been accused on multiple occasions of facilitating the spread of fake and false news in India. Hence, it has been a appreciable effort from the company’s side to fix the issue. One of the moves employed to reduce the rapid forest fire spread like nature of false information was identifying such texts and labeling them with the “Frequently Forwarded” tag. It would allow to identify how many times the message has been forwarded by alerting the user.
4. Consecutive Voice Notes Playback
One of the latest features being introduced is a great type of improvement in the user experience. The feature which was first seen in the iOS version of Whatsapp has the user no longer having to play consecutive voice notes manually. In simpler words, Users can now automatically play voice notes one after another seamlessly without having to tap for the next again and again. Additionally, the chat app notifies the user with a sound after finishing one audio message before starting another.
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