{"id":385905,"date":"2021-02-10T08:24:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T06:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=385905"},"modified":"2021-02-10T08:24:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T06:24:37","slug":"new-whatsapp-features-coming-to-iphone-and-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/385905-new-whatsapp-features-coming-to-iphone-and-android.html","title":{"rendered":"New WhatsApp features coming to iPhone and Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is working on a number of new features for its messaging app on Android and iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-is-rolling-out-a-mute-video-option\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>reports by WABetaInfo<\/strong><\/a> which show that the company has begun rolling out changes in the beta version of its messaging app on both platforms.<\/p>\n<p>One of these features is the option to mute videos, which the report stated is rolling out to WhatsApp beta users on Android.<\/p>\n<p>The mute video functionality is available as a toggleable option in the user interface that is available when editing a video to send over WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to allowing users to add emoji, text, and drawings to videos, this interface now includes a sound icon that can be used to switch video sound on or off.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Multi-device support changes<\/h3>\n<p>In the latest beta iOS version of its messaging app, WhatsApp has also begun testing improved functionality for its Linked Devices feature.<\/p>\n<p>This feature allows users to sign into their WhatsApp account from another device simultaneously, syncing chats in real-time across devices.<\/p>\n<p>This multi-device support is currently in testing an is not yet available, but <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-messenger-beta-for-ios-2-21-30-16-whats-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WABetaInfo noted<\/strong><\/a> that WhatsApp has implemented the ability to log out from a WhatsApp account on a linked device.<\/p>\n<p>The new Log out option lets you unlink your device from your main WhatsApp account and replaces the previous Delete account option,<\/p>\n<p>This functionality is currently in beta and will be available in a future update.<\/p>\n<p>WABetaInfo noted that there is currently no release date available for this feature on iOS or Android.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/385754-new-iphone-features-coming-in-ios-14-5.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">New iPhone features coming in iOS 14.5<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp is working on a number of new features for its messaging app on Android and iPhone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":382380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[397,2562,691,1125,57456,2594],"class_list":["post-385905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-android","tag-beta","tag-ios","tag-iphone","tag-wabetainfo","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385905"}],"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=385905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}