WhatsApp is including some new features to its easy but extremely popular apps. Certainly one of these is animated stickers. Whereas vastly popular on a number of different messaging platforms like Telegram, iMessage, and WeChat, WhatsApp has solely had very basic sticker support.
WhatsApp will quickly be rolling out its own animated sticker packs, which might be accessible from within the app.
One other new function is QR codes for profiles. Every account now has its personal QR code, which makes it straightforward to scan somebody’s code so as to add them as a contact as an alternative of manually getting into their number.
Once more, this function has been around for some time, together with on other Facebook services, however WhatsApp only simply got around to adding it.
Group video calls have additionally been improved. Now when you find yourself in a group video you’ll be able to simply tap on the video of a participant to maximise their video. And in case your group chat has eight or fewer individuals, you can begin a group chat with only one click since 8 is the maximum individuals WhatsApp helps in one group call.
The web version of WhatsApp can also be gaining support for dark mode to match the app. And eventually, those on KaiOS devices can now additionally access the Status feature, which is WhatsApp’s version of stories.
Dark mode for desktop, group video call improvements, and status in KaiOS at the moment are rolling out whereas animates stickers and QR codes for profiles might be coming in just a few weeks.
