WhatsApp is at the moment engaged on a number of updates and new options to enhance person interface and privateness. These new options embody “profile photos in group chats”, “written media transfers” and built-in obfuscation instruments. Whereas the precise timing of the rollout of those options is unclear, WhatsApp has began testing the brand new ‘message your self’ characteristic for Android and iOS customers. This characteristic is out there for choose beta testers on Android and iOS and can quickly be rolled out to everybody by way of different updates.
In accordance with the report by WaBetaInfo, “For those who ship a message to the chat along with your telephone quantity, it’ll all the time be synced along with your different linked gadgets since it’s now not an unsupported characteristic when utilizing multi-device”. Particularly, some beta testers will use completely different captions to spotlight the power to talk with themselves. The characteristic shall be rolled out to extra customers within the coming days. WhatsApp will then replace the “view your telephone quantity involved record” characteristic in a future app replace.
It’s nonetheless attainable to ship messages to your cellular quantity, however there isn’t any devoted chat window in your contact record. Customers may even create a bunch with only one participant to take notes or ship media information. However with the brand new replace, whenever you open a WhatsApp chat along with your quantity, the app will spotlight your private chat field by including “Message to your self” because the chat handle. Additionally your telephone quantity can even be displayed in your WhatsApp contact record for straightforward entry.
On the identical time, WhatsApp has additionally began beta testing its media switch capabilities with subtitles. The brand new replace permits customers to add pictures, movies, GIFs and paperwork with captions. Up to now, we have solely been capable of redirect the media and have needed to rewrite the hooked up textual content. However this disadvantage shall be eliminated quickly. The characteristic is at the moment out there to WhatsApp beta testers for Android customers.
