WhatsApp keeps surprising us with its prompt updates and features. Sometimes you get a full new separate feature and sometimes the chat company just tweaks an existing feature to form it more user-friendly. There are several chat apps leading the messaging app business but WhatsApp enjoys one amongst the biggest user base for its minimalistic design which is simple to know, it keeps updating itself and after all the actual fact that it’s free.

• New Features

Animated stickers

A lot was talked about animated stickers before the official launch. WhatsApp introduced animated stickers last week for users globally. The stickers will roll bent on all users within the days to come back the corporate has confirmed. Playful Piyomaru is that the only animated sticker that has been confirmed for now which is 2.8 MB in size. However, there’s an enormous drawback to those animated stickers. As per the present implementation, these animated stickers don’t play on the loop. there’s still no clarification on whether WhatsApp will plan to loop these stickers or enable users to feature the power.

QR codes

A new thanks to add someone on your WhatsApp without requesting a number. The feature will help WhatsApp users add someone’s contact number by just scanning a QR code. this can also help the sharing group invites easily. The QR feature was available on Blackberry messenger an extended time ago. WhatsApp has already launched QR codes. The roll out is about to start soon.

Dark mode for web

WhatsApp introduced dark mode for mobile earlier this year. the online version now gets the dark theme. The feature is already available for all users globally. the same as the mobile version in web too the messaging platform has provided two options light and dark theme.

Video calls improvement

thus far WhatsApp has not been ready to enter the league of top video-calling apps. Video-calling has become essential for people, especially during a Covid-19 affected world. The new edition aims at improving the standard of video calls. it’ll also let the users maximise the video of a specific contact to full screen with just a faucet.

KaiOS gets updates too

KaiOS, a Linux based mobile package will get an update that has been there for Android and iOS users for ages now. The disappearing stories feature after 24 hours, common on apps like Instagram, Facebook, etc., now available for KaiOS.

• Upcoming WhatsApp features

Multi-device support

The multi-device feature will help users to use their WhatsApp account on multiple devices. The users are going to be available to use WhatsApp on two or more smartphones or tablets. This feature is already available on Telegram. WhatsApp is testing the feature for quite your time and is anticipated to release it within the coming days. No specific release timeline has been revealed by the messaging platform yet.
Self-destructing messages
WhatsApp has been testing this feature for quite a while but hasn’t revealed any release timeline yet. it’ll work just the way WhatsApp Stories or Status work and disappear after 24 hours. Basically, users will soon be able to send messages which will disappear automatically after a group period