Written by Moanis Hawass Saturday, April 6, 2024 01:10 PM
A recent report revealed that the application Whatsapp It has started rolling out a new privacy feature, which helps users choose the privacy level of links shared in their conversations, but this feature has not been announced publicly yet, but it has been spotted in some beta test accounts.
WhatsApp is also said to be working on developing a new feature to display video within the app. Recently, a report stated that the company is working on a locked chats feature for linked devices, and it is expected to be available in a later update. WhatsApp initially rolled out the Chat Lock feature for smartphones in May 2023. .
According to an Android Police report, WhatsApp has started rolling out the link privacy feature to some beta testers. Users can choose to turn off link previews using this feature, which means there will be no preview of thumbnails or any other data related to the article next to the link, and this will not reveal About any public information related to the link to anyone trying to snoop on your chats.
This feature is also expected to help organize chats and make them easier to navigate, and most importantly, it is also expected to prevent data leakage. WhatsApp beta testers can access this feature under the option to disable link previews by clicking on Privacy > Advanced options. In the WhatsApp settings menu, Gadgets 360 was able to confirm that the feature is enabled on the latest beta version of WhatsApp.
Meanwhile, a report by WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo claimed that the company is developing a new video viewing feature. This will allow users to watch videos shared between contacts on the app in a picture-in-picture clip within the app. This is similar to the picture-in-picture feature available on Watch shared YouTube and Instagram videos on WhatsApp.
The report indicated that the picture-in-picture display feature for WhatsApp media videos is only available within the WhatsApp application, and not through any other applications. This means that with this feature, you can watch a video clip sent by one of your contacts, exit the chat and interact in conversations or other groups within WhatsApp, while the video in question continues to play in a smaller window.
She also added that this feature is currently in the works and is not even ready to be released to beta testers, so, we may not see a public release in the near future.
2024-04-06 11:10:00
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