During the month of June, many new features came to WhatsApp that are worth checking out.
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in the world, and any small change or news affects millions of users. Throughout the month of June, WhatsApp announced or launched important newssome of them are already available to all users. Important new features were also added to WhatsApp in May, and improvements continued in June.
Priority to States
One of the first new features that came to WhatsApp last June was an interesting improvement for states. WhatsApp statuses are like Instagram stories, and WhatsApp is preparing an improvement that will prioritize the most important contacts by showing us the States. This means that the most important contacts for us will appear first.
WhatsApp wants to improve statuses by prioritizing the contacts that interest you most
New chat filter
A few weeks ago, WhatsApp introduced filters for chats and now the app is planning to add a new and very interesting filter. This the new filter is “Favorites”where when you tap on it, only chats from our favorite contacts or groups will appear.
Blocking profile picture screenshots
This feature that WhatsApp is preparing is very interesting, since it will add an extra layer of privacy to our profile. WhatsApp will block screenshots of profile pictures, so that no one can get a picture of us without our permission.
Complete renewal of video calls
WhatsApp has officially announced important changes regarding video calls. The application now wants to compete with other specific platforms by introducing these functions:
- Screen sharing with audio: Ideal for watching videos with several people, this feature allows you to share audio when you share a screen.
- More participants: You can now make video calls with up to 32 participants across all your devices.
- Featured Speaker: You will be able to easily see who is speaking as the person speaking will be automatically highlighted and appear first on the screen.
More colors for themes
We knew that WhatsApp was preparing a major change in its user interface, allowing color themes that completely change the aesthetic of our chats. In the latest beta version of WhatsApp, More colors have been added, up to a total of 10 options. This is a feature that appears to be in the final stages of development, so we might see it officially soon.
WhatsApp prepares 10 colorful themes for your chats. Image via WABetaInfo
Send photos in high quality by default
This is a new setting that you need to enable in your WhatsApp. By doing so, All media files you send, photos and videos, will be sent in HD quality. We share a lot of photos on WhatsApp and the default quality is quite low, but now we can send them in HD. By activating this setting, we will not have to touch the default button.
To do this, go to WhatsApp > Settings > Storage and data > File download quality and choose HD quality instead of standard quality.
Augmented reality
WhatsApp is also developing new AR effects and filters for video calls, something that, for example, we already have available in FaceTime with its effects. It’s unclear exactly what kind of effects we might see., but there is talk that we could even have an avatar as a character for video calls. A function that can be very interesting.
News in stickers
Finally, we have a WhatsApp stickers update, which has just been released. implement sticker support with Lottie. This is a new format that improves on the current WebP and is based on vectors with significant differences, allowing for more complex and dynamic animations.
Son many new features arriving on WhatsApp during this month of June 2024many of them are revolutionary. In addition, during this month we have also made a complete guide to know if WhatsApp has been hacked and what to do to solve it. Something very interesting.
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