For some time, WhatsApp has included more and more alternative functions to sending messages and makes it, like Telegram, a more complete application. It’s no surprise that it’s the most used messaging app in Europe, according to Statista data.
One of its great virtues is that it is always working to incorporate new features into the application, and a leak has been published that could be one of the next to appear for beta users. It’s about status notificationswhich would not only alert the user that someone else has uploaded this type of content, but could also indicate whether another person has mentioned it.
This is a basic function present on all social networks that offer this content, such as Instagram, TikTok or Snapchat, and which allows each person to know when they are mentioned or when a user marked as favorite uploads content. Without a doubt, a basic element that is strange not to have been present in the application until now.
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Right now, if someone mentions you in one of their statuses in the app, there’s no way to know except to see it in the section of the same name in the app. With this novelty, already present in the beta version of the application, when a mention occurs, a notification will appear so that the user knows that they have been referenced.
How to collect WaBetaInfoThese notifications can also arise in situations in which a person has uploaded a status and we have not seen it. It’s unclear whether the company will expand these types of notices or whether it will make favorite contacts take priority over others.
WhatsApp Status Notification
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In any case, the function has a lot of room, since it is possible to have some additional functions that complement it, such as be able to disable status notifications, or only receive them from certain users, but pIt looks like we’ll see more additions to this feature over time.
This is the beta version 2.24.8.13, now available on Android. To try the beta version, simply register in the application file available on Google Play. Keep in mind that this will cause the changes to be received first, but in many cases their operation may not be as stable as the main version of the application.
