{"id":437018,"date":"2022-03-11T10:58:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T08:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=437018"},"modified":"2022-03-11T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T08:58:39","slug":"new-whatsapp-features-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/437018-new-whatsapp-features-coming-soon.html","title":{"rendered":"New WhatsApp features coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

WhatsApp is developing and testing a slew of new features and changes for its Android app, according to several<\/strong><\/a> reports from WABetaInfo this past week.<\/p>\n

The publication has detailed some of the latest additions that the Meta Platforms-owned message service is working on, or released to selected users in the WhatsApp Beta for Android programme.<\/p>\n

The first addition is a new blur tool for the in-app drawing editor, allowing users to alter images with sketches to highlight or hide certain parts.<\/p>\n

The blurring feature will let you distort parts of an image that you don’t want recipients to see, such as a phone number or other personal info.<\/p>\n

This tool is already available in WhatsApp for iOS as part of the updated drawing editor, which includes two new pencils with varying thickness for drawings.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp is still developing the blur tool for Android, but WABetaInfo expects it to roll out soon in beta.<\/p>\n

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The second new feature is the ability to keep specific messages if you have the disappearing messages setting turned on.<\/p>\n

Once rolled out, users can select a particular message and choose to keep it, even with disappearing messages enabled.<\/p>\n

Previously, this required turning the setting off, going back to the message, and forwarding it to the same chat.<\/p>\n

WABetaInfo said this update was still in an early development phase and that it could change before shipping to beta and official versions of the app.<\/p>\n

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WhatsApp has also rolled out a change to message forwarding capabilities, further limiting how many contacts with whom you can share a message.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, the company started marking messages that were forwarded more than four times as part of any effort to combat the spread of misinformation and disinformation.<\/p>\n

The latest limit will restrict frequently-forwarded messages so they can only be forwarded to one group chat at a time.<\/p>\n

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For WhatsApp Web, the company released a new extension called Code Verify, which enhances security.<\/p>\n

The extension automatically detects if malicious actors have altered the code of WhatsApp Web running in your browser.<\/p>\n

The iOS Beta only received one update this week, with bug fixes for distorted chat titles and random crashes.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Free WhatsApp chat backups on Android will end \u2014 Report<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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