{"id":369863,"date":"2020-10-02T07:58:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T05:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=369863"},"modified":"2020-10-02T07:59:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T05:59:27","slug":"new-whatsapp-features-coming-to-iphone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/369863-new-whatsapp-features-coming-to-iphone-2.html","title":{"rendered":"New WhatsApp features coming to iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is working on a number of improvements and features for the iOS 14 version of its messaging app, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-messenger-beta-for-ios-2-20-110-23-whats-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WABetaInfo<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that the 2.20.100 beta update for WhatsApp includes signs that the following features are coming to the iPhone application:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search Bar changes<\/li>\n<li>Limited Library support<\/li>\n<li>Mute Always<\/li>\n<li>Catalogue shortcut<\/li>\n<li>Expiring Media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes include a larger search bar for chats, as well as the ability to allow WhatsApp access to only photos which you select from your photo library instead of all images.<\/p>\n<p>The latest iOS beta update for WhatsApp also reveals a new option to Mute a chat permanently, instead of only over eight hours or one week.<\/p>\n<p>The catalogue shortcut adds an icon to a company&#8217;s catalogue within its business chat if it is configured, allowing potential customers to quickly and easily access a business&#8217;s products.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp for iOS will also reportedly get the expiring media feature that was <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/368425-whatsapp-will-let-you-send-expiring-photos-and-videos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>recently revealed<\/strong><\/a> in a recent WhatsApp beta for Android.<\/p>\n<p>This feature allows users to send images, videos, or GIFs which will disappear after they are viewed for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>To send expiring media once this feature is available, users will need to tap the new button when sending media via a chat.<\/p>\n<p>There is no timer to set, as the image will completely disappear after it is viewed.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the only implementation of this feature in the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS is a button indicating the option to send expiring media.<\/p>\n<p>WABetaInfo noted that these features are still under development and there is no confirmed public release date for this functionality.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/369637-windows-on-arm-will-soon-be-able-to-run-all-windows-apps.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Windows on ARM will soon be able to run all Windows apps<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is working on a number of improvements and features for the iOS 14 version of its messaging 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":[66729,2594],"class_list":["post-369863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-expiring-media","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369863"}],"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=369863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369863\/revisions"}],"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=369863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}