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WhatsApp continues to be the most popular messaging app, as of July 2021 it had approximately 2 billion users worldwide, it is for this reason that they are constantly reinventing themselves, implementing new tools and functionalities so that other services such as Telegram Where Signal do not take away the royalty.
In addition to the official announcements that the messaging app usually makes about its changes, there is also a version beta which users can access to test first-hand the functions it prepares WhatsAppIt should be noted that the beta versions are for testing purposes, so errors may be found in future tools.
So far, this is the news that is known about the app for this 2022.
WhatsApp + Instagram
The power of Mark Zuckerberg on social networks is imminent, applications and Facebook (now known as Meta), belong to the famous programmer and entrepreneur.
For this reason, in 2022 you will be able to see the content of Instagram in WhatsApp, the main relevance will be given to the coils of Instagram in order to compete with the Chinese social network ICT Tac.
@WhatsApp is working on the possibility of playing #Instagram Reels in WhatsApp, for a future update.
– WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) March 11, 2021
Stickers created from WhatsApp
In order to create the stickers of WhatsApp It took using external apps, but the messaging service gave some good news to users who love the stickers, and that is that they can finally be created from within the same app. A tool has been developed which for now is only available in the beta function, but will soon reach users of iOs Yes Android.
According to the leaks on this feature, there will be a button called “create” and it will appear in the stickers section of WhatsAppIn this way, users can upload an image and quickly turn it into a sticker. Although not all the tools are known, the sticker can be cut, edited and personalized.
Hide specific contact information
With this tool, it will be possible to personally manage the confidentiality of the account of WhatsApp, users will be able to choose which specific contacts can see profile picture, status, account description, etc.
As is done in the stories of Instagram, it will be a way to keep the account more private even if the contacts are in the groups of WhatsApp and / or in the contact list.
WhatsApp plans to add the option “My contacts except…” for Last seen, Profile picture and About, so you will be able to exclude specific contacts without deactivating the feature! ??
Note: You cannot see the last view of excluded contacts.Availability: in a future update. pic.twitter.com/LWTihboePd
– WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) September 7, 2021
Invisibility!
Currently WhatsApp gives two options: hide or make the last connection public; however, work is underway so that now this information can be seen by everyone, by anyone, or only by specific contacts.
WhatsApp reworks privacy settings!
The first major news regarding the beta of WhatsApp for Android and iOS is announced today: you will be able to turn off privacy settings for specific contacts in a future update! Https: //t.co/DyibmUYZAA
– WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) September 6, 2021
Respond to WhatsApp messages
In order not to lose the thread of the conversations, WhatsApp allows to reply directly to a message, the reply is anchored to the original message and among users who talk about various topics, this is a very useful function.
Now joining the trend, WhatsApp will implement the reactions as they are currently working in Facebook or in Facebook Messenger, where you can reply to a message with an emoji, for now heart, thumbs up, thumbs down and angry or happy expressions would be available.
Transcribe audio messages
Users of WhatsApp They are divided into two: those who love voice memos and those who hate them, so after adding features like 1.5x or 2.0x audio message speed acceleration, now audios can be transcribed to text.
This is a function that is currently under development, but what we know so far is that to make this transcription of voice notes into text, WhatsApp will use the technology of Apple.
Delete a message without time limit
Currently, if a wrong message is sent in a group or in a conversation, it can be deleted for all users or for itself, but after 68 minutes and 16 seconds It is no longer possible to delete the message for everyone, only for the user who sent it.
Now everything indicates that this period will be deleted, that is, messages can be deleted for everyone even if hours, days or weeks have passed.
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