{"id":283972,"date":"2018-11-09T07:53:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T05:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=283972"},"modified":"2018-11-09T08:00:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T06:00:44","slug":"whatsapp-launches-public-beta-for-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/283972-whatsapp-launches-public-beta-for-ios.html","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp launches public beta for iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has officially launched a public beta programme for iOS, allowing iPhone users to test the latest features of the app, <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WABetaInfo<\/strong><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>A public beta programme for Android and Windows Phone has been available for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that the WhatsApp public beta is meant to test upcoming features, with users offering feedback and reporting bugs on the beta build.<\/p>\n<p>Slots for the iOS WhatsApp public beta programme are limited, and interested users should sign up as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>To join the WhatsApp public beta, iOS users can download TestFlight from the App Store and visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/testflight.apple.com\/join\/s4rTJVPb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WhatsApp Messenger Beta<\/strong><\/a> page to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Beta testers will retain their chat history and settings, although it is recommended that they back up their chats before updating to a new version of the beta.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/283447-virgin-mobile-r15-whatsapp-bundle-prices-compared.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Virgin Mobile R15 WhatsApp bundle \u2013 Prices compared<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has officially launched a public beta programme for iOS, allowing iPhone users to test the latest features of the app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":168223,"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":[16],"tags":[691,44134,52459,2594],"class_list":["post-283972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-ios","tag-public-beta","tag-testflight","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283972"}],"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\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283980,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283972\/revisions\/283980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}