Every year, the messenger service WhatsApp wants to keep its users engaged with small innovations and gadgets that are supposed to make using the app more practical and convenient. However, this does not always work, as the latest update shows. Ironically, with a fundamentally respectable innovation in status reporting, Mark Zuckerberg’s group is disappointing across the board. We will show you exactly what and which innovations the other functions bring with them.
WhatsApp update: what features are new?
It can hardly be denied that a WhatsApp update can convince with a number of other functions in addition to a questionable function. We present the most important innovations of the Messenger app:
- Restricted display of the status message: Users can now explicitly choose who their status should be displayed to. Because recently the group of people should be able to be limited individually.
- New options for status reactions: In future it will be possible to react even faster to the status message, for example with an emoji or sticker, or optionally with a voice message.
- Profile rings for new status messages: A ring around the contact’s profile picture should soon indicate when a person has uploaded a status message.
- Link preview in status: A link posted in status now generates “a visual preview of the link content”. This is already the normal process when sending a message. WhatsApp promises an aha effect for the contacts before they click on the link.
- New technical options for the status: In the future, the status message can not only be illustrated, but also illustrated with a 30-second voice message. However, the messenger has so far been disappointing in terms of the detailed technical work in this regard.
Press and hold the record button: The WhatsApp update disappoints
Specifically, an audio message of up to 30 seconds can be recorded for the WhatsApp status. Like other status messages, this can then be viewed by personal contacts for 24 hours. However, this voice message in the status message cannot be recorded as usual and conveniently with the lock function. Thus, the new WhatsApp function fails mainly because it is not practical.
When will the new WhatsApp update be available?
According to the company, the announced updates will be introduced step by step for users and should be available worldwide for all WhatsApp-enabled devices in the coming weeks. The messenger service also recommends updating via the App Store.