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  • WhatsApp could quickly get message pin period function: Details

    Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a brand new function referred to as message pin period. Spotted by WaBetaInfo, the function is at present beneath growth. It is found in WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.13.11 replace obtainable on the Google Play Store.

    Explaining how the message pin period will work, the report says that it’s going to allow customers to decide on how lengthy a message ought to keep pinned in a chat. It additionally shares a screenshot of the function that reveals how customers can have the pliability to pick a particular period after which the pinned message is mechanically unpinned. 

    It says that the function, at present, will provide three completely different durations: 24 hours, 7 days, and 30 days to its customers to select from. The report additional provides that customers can have the choice to unpin the present pinned message at any time, even earlier than the chosen period expires, “giving customers higher flexibility and management over their pinned messages.”

    How will message pin period function assist customers?

    WaBetaInfo, in its stories says that the brand new message pin period function will present individuals with a handy manner to make sure well timed and related info stays seen for a desired interval. Once the set time elapses, the message is mechanically unpinned, serving to to keep up an organized, up-to-date, and clearer dialog.

    At the second, the function is beneath growth and is predicted to be launched to beta testers in a future replace of the app. 

    In a associated information, a brand new WhatsApp rip-off has appeared on-line. Called ‘Pink WhatsApp’, the scammers are sending the hyperlink to quite a few people, attractive them with the promise of a revamped WhatsApp interface and thrilling new options. Recently, the Mumbai Police launched a public advisory relating to a well-liked WhatsApp message referred to as ‘Pink WhatsApp.’ In their advisory, legislation enforcement officers have alerted the general public about this rising hoax circulating on the platform. They have emphasised the significance of refraining from clicking on the hyperlink or downloading the related software.

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    Updated: 25 Jun 2023, 03:57 PM IST

  • WhatsApp to quickly add help for Meta Quest on Android beta: Report

    WhatsApp is without doubt one of the hottest prompt messaging apps. The platform retains bringing new options to its customers to reinforce the app expertise. Now, the moment messaging app could quickly provide help for Meta Quest.

    According to a report by WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp is working so as to add Meta Quest compatibility on Android beta as a linked machine. The report says that it will likely be potential to hyperlink an current WhatsApp account to a Meta Quest machine as it’s acknowledged as official linked machine in a future replace of the app. 

    The characteristic was noticed  by the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.12.12 replace.

    As the characteristic is presently not obtainable on WhatsApp, some customers have already tried to power the set up of WhatsApp on the digital actuality machine. With the brand new characteristic, it will likely be potential to natively join an current WhatsApp account to a Meta Quest machine.

    The upcoming WhatsApp characteristic is presently underneath growth and is prone to be launched to beta testers in a future replace of the applying.

    In one other information, WhatsApp has began rolling out a screen-sharing characteristic for video calls. As per WaBetaInfo, it’s obtainable to some beta testers who’ve put in the newest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.12.0.74 replace from the TestFlight app. The characteristic permits WhatsApp customers to share the content material of their display screen with everybody on the decision. When utilizing this characteristic, every little thing on the display screen, together with notifications, will likely be recorded and shared remotely with the folks presently linked to the video name. In this case, it’s urged to allow the “Do Not Disturb” mode to keep away from surprising notifications. The characteristic, as per the report, will likely be rolled out to all customers within the coming weeks.

     

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    Updated: 18 Jun 2023, 06:44 PM IST

  • WhatsApp brings redesigned keyboard with emoji bar: Details inside

    Meta-owned instantaneous messaging app WhatsApp has began rolling out a brand new and redesigned keyboard geared toward rising person expertise. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, the brand new keyboard options an emoji bar.

    In addition, customers will now have the power to scroll the keyboard upwards, permitting them to get a wider view. Also, the tabs for accessing the GIF, sticker, and avatar sections have been relocated larger up. 

    As per the report, the brand new keyboard comes with the most recent WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.12.19 replace. It is obtainable on the Google Play Store for obtain. For iPhone customers, the characteristic is rolling out with iOS beta model 23.12.0.70.

    The report says that the redesigned keyboard is obtainable to some fortunate beta testers that set up the most recent WhatsApp beta for Android and WhatsApp for iOS replace from the Google Play Store. It is rolling out to extra customers over the approaching weeks.

    Meanwhile, WhatsApp is rolling out the power to ship HD photographs to its customers. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, some beta testers on Android and iOS are seeing a brand new possibility that enables them to handle the picture high quality. The new capability is obtainable for many who have put in the most recent WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.11.0.76 replace from the TestFlight app, and the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.12.13 replace from the Google Play Store.

    With the brand new characteristic, WhatsApp customers will have the ability to select a greater high quality when sending photographs. However, the choice solely seems when one selects a photograph massive in measurement. Every time a person shares a photograph by selecting the “top quality” possibility, it’s marked as a high-quality picture so a brand new tag is routinely added to the message bubble. The data, it says, will assist the recipient perceive when a photograph is shipped by utilizing this characteristic. It is price mentioning that the characteristic is proscribed to photographs solely. There continues to be no solution to ship a video with higher high quality with out sending it as a doc. Also, the characteristic just isn’t obtainable when sharing photographs by utilizing standing updates.

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    Updated: 11 Jun 2023, 04:49 PM IST

  • WhatsApp brings this ‘much-awaited’ function for its customers

    Meta-owned on the spot messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out the power to ship HD photographs to its customers. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, some beta testers on Android and iOS are seeing a brand new possibility that permits them to handle the photograph high quality. The new capability is out there for individuals who have put in the newest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.11.0.76 replace from the TestFlight app, and the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.12.13 replace from the Google Play Store.

    Sharing a screenshot of the function, the report says that WhatsApp customers will have the ability to select a greater high quality when sending photographs. However, the choice solely seems when one selects a photograph massive in measurement. 

    However, this doesn’t imply that customers will have the ability to ship photographs of their unique high quality ‘because this option preserves image dimensions.’

    The report says that each time a consumer shares a photograph by selecting the “prime quality” possibility, it’s marked as a high-quality photograph so a brand new tag is routinely added to the message bubble. The data, it says, will assist the recipient perceive when a photograph is shipped through the use of this function. It is value mentioning that the function is restricted to photographs solely. There remains to be no approach to ship a video with higher high quality with out sending it as a doc. Also, the function will not be accessible when sharing photographs through the use of standing updates.

    As talked about above, the function is out there to pick beta testers solely. It is predicted that the corporate could roll out the function to finish customers within the close to future.

    In one other information, WhatsApp banned 74 lakh Indian accounts throughout the month of April as a part of preventive actions to fight abuse on its platform. While delving into the main points, the WhatsApp spokesperson added that round 24 lakh accounts have been banned as a part of proactive measures and weren’t primarily based on any experiences from the customers of the social media platform.

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    Updated: 07 Jun 2023, 03:40 PM IST

  • WhatsApp clients will rapidly have the flexibility to create stickers all through the app: Report

    Meta-owned immediate messaging app WhatsApp is engaged on a model new attribute for its iOS app. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp is rising a attribute which will allow clients to create stickers all through the app. The attribute was discovered inside the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.10.0.74 exchange that is on the market on the TestFlight app.

    Sharing a screenshot of the attribute, the report says {{that a}} ‘New Sticker’ risk will most likely be on the market all through the chat share movement sheet. The attribute is presently beneath enchancment. It is simply not however recognized how the attribute will work. 

    The report, however, states that the model new attribute will allow clients to determine on {a photograph} from their library and provide some devices to edit it, harking back to the flexibleness to remove the background. With a instrument to create stickers inside WhatsApp, clients will not have to rely upon third-party apps.

    As talked about above, the attribute is beneath enchancment. It is extra more likely to be rolled out in a future exchange.

    Meanwhile, WhatsApp has launched the model new Chat Lock attribute that helps in conserving the messages of shoppers ‘private and secure’. The new attribute will maintain the ‘intimate conversations’ of shoppers behind an added layer of security. Any new notifications related to these ‘locked chats’ might even be hidden and clients will most likely be required to enter their system password or biometric data harking back to fingerprint contact or facial recognition.

    How to utilize lock your Chats on WhatsApp?

    1) Tap on the title of the contact or group you want to lock

    2) Click on the Chat Lock risk beneath the Contact particulars internet web page

    3) Choose if you happen to want to lock your chat using biometric particulars or your password.

    4) Enter your phone password or biometric particulars and your non-public conversations will most likely be locked.

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  • Now use WhatsApp in your smartwatch: Here’s how

    WhatsApp is now appropriate with Google’s Wear OS. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, smartwatch app for WhatsApp is now on the market, allowing clients to stay associated and entry their chats and messages immediately from their smartwatch.

    As per the report, the attribute is obtainable to choose clients after placing in the newest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.10.10 on the market on the Google Play Store. Users say that the app was listed to be appropriate with their smartwatch, notably, with Wear OS. 

    In case you are not aware, Wear OS is an Android working system designed for smartwatches. WaBetaInfo, in its report, says that WhatsApp’s smartwatch app incorporates choices like chat messaging and voice messages.

    It moreover shares a screenshot that reveals a WhatsApp fast despatched to clients when attempting to hyperlink their WhatsApp account to a Wear OS gadget. 

    Here’s how one can receive WhatsApp smartwatch app

    If you are a beta tester and want to arrange the smartwatch app for WhatsApp, change the app to the newest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.10.10 change from Google Play Store. When linking the smartwatch app to your WhatsApp account, an 8-digit code will appear on the watch prompting the patron to enter the code on their gadget. 

    Once the code is entered, clients’ chats will safely be synced all through items, allowing them to start using WhatsApp on smartwatch. It must be well-known proper right here that WhatsApp’s smartwatch app nonetheless preserves end-to-end encryption as a result of it relies on multi-device capabilities.

    As talked about above, the ability to utilize WhatsApp on a smartwatch is for the time being on the market to beta testers after downloading the newest change of WhatsApp beta for Android from the Google Play Store. The report states that the smartwatch app seems to be unavailable for the WhatsApp Business app, even after placing in the newest change.

    Meanwhile, WhatsApp might rapidly introduce the ability to edit messages for every Android and iOS clients. The attribute was beforehand observed in iOS beta and has now been reported for Android beta as correctly.

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  • Apple iPhone prospects may rapidly be able to swap WhatsApp chats with out iCloud

    WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a attribute that will allow iPhone prospects to change chats from one gadget to a distinct with out iCloud backup. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, after placing within the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.9.0.72 change, the model new attribute is accessible for some beta testers.

    The report moreover shares a screenshot of the model new attribute that may be often called ‘Transfer Chats to iPhone’. The attribute may be obtainable inside WhatsApp Settings > Chats. Using this attribute, WhatsApp iOS prospects will likely be able to swap their chat historic previous to a distinct iPhone with out relying on an iCloud backup. 

    Once the attribute is accessible, Apple iPhone prospects may need to receive WhatsApp on their new cellphone, and register on the app with the similar cellphone amount.  Further, they need to scan the QR code confirmed on the model new cellphone using the earlier gadget in an effort to change their chat historic previous.

    The upcoming attribute will present a greater and setting pleasant technique to change their WhatsApp chat historic previous and media data from one gadget to a distinct with out relying on iCloud. Specifically, the upcoming attribute may be helpful when a client cannot save chat historic previous to iCloud due to the 5GB free storage prohibit or they don’t want to enhance their iCloud storage by paying a positive subscription. 

    WhatsApp’s new attribute for Apple iPhone prospects is in the mean time under development and is accessible to some iOS beta testers solely. It is susceptible to have a wider rollout throughout the coming weeks.

    In one different data, WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a model new change that will allow prospects in order so as to add an overview to forwarded media. The widespread fast messaging service, which is owned by Meta, has rolled out a beta mannequin of the change by the Google Play Beta Program. Some beta testers who’ve put within the change are already prepared in order so as to add descriptions to forwarded photos, films, GIFs, and paperwork.

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  • Apple iPhone prospects may rapidly be able to change WhatsApp chats with out iCloud

    WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a attribute which will allow iPhone prospects to change chats from one gadget to a special with out iCloud backup. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, after placing within the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.9.0.72 substitute, the model new attribute is accessible for some beta testers.

    The report moreover shares a screenshot of the model new attribute that may be often called ‘Transfer Chats to iPhone’. The attribute may be obtainable inside WhatsApp Settings > Chats. Using this attribute, WhatsApp iOS prospects might be able to change their chat historic previous to a special iPhone with out relying on an iCloud backup. 

    Once the attribute is accessible, Apple iPhone prospects may wish to acquire WhatsApp on their new cellphone, and register on the app with the similar cellphone amount.  Further, they need to scan the QR code confirmed on the model new cellphone using the earlier gadget in an effort to change their chat historic previous.

    The upcoming attribute will present a greater and setting pleasant technique to change their WhatsApp chat historic previous and media data from one gadget to a special with out relying on iCloud. Specifically, the upcoming attribute may be helpful when a client cannot save chat historic previous to iCloud due to the 5GB free storage prohibit or they don’t want to enhance their iCloud storage by paying a certain subscription. 

    WhatsApp’s new attribute for Apple iPhone prospects is for the time being beneath development and is accessible to some iOS beta testers solely. It is vulnerable to have a wider rollout throughout the coming weeks.

    In one different data, WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a model new substitute which will allow prospects in order so as to add a top level view to forwarded media. The widespread fast messaging service, which is owned by Meta, has rolled out a beta mannequin of the substitute by the Google Play Beta Program. Some beta testers who’ve put within the substitute are already prepared in order so as to add descriptions to forwarded photos, films, GIFs, and paperwork.

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  • Android clients, WhatsApp may rapidly allow you to edit contacts contained in the app

    Meta’s speedy messaging app WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a model new perform for its Android clients. According to a report by WaBetaInfo, the platform is rising the flexibleness in order so as to add contacts or edit their information with out having to depart the app. 

    The perform is reportedly on the market to some beta testers of WhatsApp for Android. These clients are able in order so as to add new contacts to their phonebook or Google account with out leaving WhatsApp. 

    The new perform can be sure that clients is not going to have to alter between apps whereas saving unknown numbers to your contacts itemizing after they attain you on WhatsApp. The perform will definitely be a time saver for the shoppers.

    WhatsApp Android beta clients who’re to seek out the perform can head to the contacts itemizing contained in the app. If the perform is obtainable for them, they’ll see the selection “New contact”. Users can every add along with edit their contacts using this WhatsApp perform.

    As talked about above, the flexibleness in order so as to add and edit contacts contained in the app is obtainable for some beta testers who arrange the most recent beta mannequin of WhatsApp for Android. It may be rolled out to additional of us over the approaching days.

    In one different info, WhatsApp’s companion mode is now on the market to all beta testers on Android. For these unaware, Companion mode perform is an extension of multi-device assist. It is alleged to be designed to allow clients to hyperlink their present WhatsApp account to a special mobile phone. After linking an present WhatsApp account to a secondary mobile phone, clients can lastly entry their chats on the second gadget with out requiring an lively internet connection on the first cellphone. WhatsApp clients can hyperlink as a lot as 4 models straight, meaning they will hyperlink larger than two cellphones to their WhatsApp account. 

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  • WhatsApp engaged on Channels operate: What is it and the best way it should revenue prospects

    WhatsApp is a popular messaging app utilized by billions of people worldwide. Meta retains updating the app with new choices to spice up the individual experience. The agency is now reportedly engaged on the ability to create channels on WhatsApp. 

    Online platform WaBetaInfo observed the Channels operate inside the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.8.6 change on the market on the Play Store. The operate is likely to be a instrument “for broadcasting data, allowing prospects to easily acquire useful updates from completely different people they should get updates from.”

    The report says that channels on WhatsApp is likely to be on the market as a separate and optionally accessible half all through the Status tab. The half is likely to be often called ‘Updates’. In future, the Status tab might have a revamped interface for standing updates.

    On the privateness entrance, a WhatsApp channel will not reveal the individual’s cellphone amount and completely different data. Such particulars will keep hidden. But, messages obtained inside a channel gained’t be end-to-end encrypted. In case you is likely to be unaware, personal messages shared on WhatsApp – every explicit individual and group chats provide end-to-end encryption. This signifies that no person can study these messages, moreover the sender and receiver.

    “Since that’s an optionally accessible extension of private messaging and it would not pivot to a public social group, individuals are on a regular basis in administration over which channels they should subscribe to, and no person else can have the power to see whom they adjust to, irrespective of whether or not or not they’ve added them as contacts or not,” the WaBetaInfo says. 

    Additionally, WhatsApp channels will help handles so prospects can have the power to hunt for a selected WhatsApp channel by merely coming into its username inside WhatsApp. This will take away the need to navigate to exterior websites.

    As talked about above, channels are beneath enchancment and is likely to be launched in a future change of WhatsApp. 

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