{"id":168183,"date":"2016-06-13T08:15:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T06:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=168183"},"modified":"2016-06-13T08:33:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T06:33:55","slug":"new-whatsapp-feature-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/168183-new-whatsapp-feature-launched.html","title":{"rendered":"New WhatsApp feature launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has started rolling out the ability to quote messages when you reply\u00a0in a chat, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/06\/12\/whatsapp-quote-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\">Engadget reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the feature first\u00a0became available as an\u00a0experimental feature in the beta version of WhatsApp&#8217;s Android app (v.2.16.118).<\/p>\n<p>The feature is now\u00a0rolling out to all WhatsApp users, despite\u00a0no new update for the app in the Apple App\u00a0or Google Play stores.<\/p>\n<p>To use WhatsApp&#8217;s new quote-and-reply feature, tap and hold on a message.\u00a0A &#8220;reply&#8221;\u00a0button will\u00a0be visible in the action bar, which allows users to reply to the message while quoting it.<\/p>\n<p>When you receive a reply which quotes a message you previously sent, you can tap on the quote to see when you sent the original message and what you said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WhatsApp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-168209\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WhatsApp.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp\" width=\"281\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WhatsApp.jpg 483w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WhatsApp-242x430.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on WhatsApp<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/167817-wtf-whatsapp-jargon-actually-means.html\"><strong>WTF WhatsApp jargon actually means<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/168139-whatsapp-is-the-most-badass-app-in-south-africa.html\"><strong>WhatsApp is the most badass app in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/166772-hidden-whatsapp-features-only-power-users-know-about.html\"><strong>Hidden WhatsApp features only power users know about<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/165822-use-whatsapp-to-order-from-this-small-western-cape-shop.html\"><strong>Use WhatsApp to order from this Western Cape online shop<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/165750-whatsapp-price-increase-on-cell-c.html\"><strong>WhatsApp price increase on Cell C<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature to its messaging client.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":164658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934,16],"tags":[36,161,2594],"class_list":["post-168183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","category-software","tag-active","tag-facebook","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168193,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168183\/revisions\/168193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}