Meta has announced a set of new features for its instant messaging service, WhatsApp. The new features are designed to improve the status experience in the chat messenger. The social media giant said its newly announced features will help you express yourself more easily with others.
One of the most notable features highlighted by Meat was voice status. You can now record and share voice messages up to 30 seconds on WhatsApp status. This will benefit those who are more comfortable talking rather than typing their WhatsApp status. And now, with the new “Private Audience Selector” feature, you can choose who sees your status whenever you update your status on messenger.
Meta, in its official blog post, also highlighted the ability to react to status. Like Instagram, WhatsApp can now send reactions to statuses they see on WhatsApp. To help you respond quickly to any status, you can select one of eight emojis by swipe up and tap the one you intend to use. As usual, you can reply to a status with text, voicemail, stickers, and more, just like before.
Sharing malicious links in WhatsApp status knowingly or unknowingly can create a lot of trouble for those who click on those links. However, with Meta’s new link previews on the status feature, users will be able to preview the page the link will take them to before clicking the link.
And finally, WhatsApp’s “Status Profile Ringtones for New Updates” will ensure that you don’t miss a status of your loved ones. As described by Meta in his official blog post, the new “ring” will be present around your contact’s profile picture whenever they share a status update. It will be visible in chat lists, group participant lists, and contact information.
Meta will release these WhatsApp status changes for everyone over the next few days.
