Earlier this year, WhatsApp announced that it had
a user base of more than one billion; that is, one
in seven people on earth.
People all over the world have been using
WhatsApp for numerous purposes. The popular
messaging app, since then has added a host of new
features with improved speed, security, reliability
and simplicity. With such a huge user base, it is
one of the most popular messaging apps.
WhatsApp has also just added a video-calling
feature to the app after a series of beta tests. A rise
in the app called Snapchat and its Stories feature,
from Instagram to Facebook, and now even
WhatsApp has tried to clone it. In the new
WhatsApp’s Beta app on iOS and Android, there is
a new ‘Status’ tab where the ‘Stories’ can be put
and seen before it disappears 24 hours later. The
new ‘Stories’ feature is only available to a select
few who operate on a jailbroken Apple device or a
rooted Android smartphone.
The messaging app just updated its messaging app
on iOS and has made it possible for users to send
and receive GIFs. Though a bit late to the game, it
actually does a little more than just supporting
animations. Users can send GIFs stored in the
device memory as well as search Giphy’s large
library and find animations to make your chats
interesting.
All these new features to stay relevant in the ever-
changing tech world have made WhatsApp even
more popular. The company earlier announced
that it manages over 100 million voice calls every
day on the app, that makes it more than 1,100
calls per second. It has even upgraded the desktop
versions of the app. Here are five latest features
that you can try out in WhatsApp:
Video calling
WhatsApp just confirmed that it is rolling out the
video calling feature across Android, iOS and
Windows. You will now be able to see ‘Video Call’
and ‘Voice Call’ choices when you tap the top
dialler button. A new dialog giving the option
between a standard voice call and a video call will
appear.
GIFs
The messaging app has rolled out support for GIFs
support for iOS users with the latest version of the
app. The 2.16.16 update allows you to send videos
(six seconds or shorter) and Live Photos and GIFs.
You can search the Giphy library to search for
GIFs to send to your friends on your WhatsApp.
Tag
You can now tag others in the contacts within a
WhatsApp group. You will be able to do the tag
even if the people have muted the conversation.
You can avail this feature by typing @ and click
on the contact you wish to tag from the appearing
list.
Picture edit
In the new update of WhatsApp, you can doodle on
as well as edit on the photos before sending them
to your friends. When the conversation tab is
opened, you can tap on the camera button and
click on the image from the camera. You will get a
few icons on the top right, and you can choose to
either crop the photo, draw a doodle, enter a text
or a sticker to the photo. Then the picture message
is ready to be sent.
Most viewed
There is an interesting feature in WhatsApp,
although sadly it is only available to Apple devices
as of now. Android owners may have to wait for a
while. If you have iOS, you can go to ‘Settings’ and
then select ‘Account’ and then ‘Storage Usage’.
There, you will be able to see the total number of
messages at the top of the page and also a list of
chats, which are ranked according to the number
of messages sent to the number. This helps you see
who is your ‘best friend’, as in, to which contact
have you spoken the maximum number of lines.
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