The number of messages we send every day via WhatsApp is increasing. We have found in this application an effective communication system that allows us to have fun and communicate quickly. Over time, the service has been redesigned and it looks more and more like a classic social network. One of these interesting functions is the WhatsApp statuses, which are always “stories” in the messaging app. WhatsApp announced new ways to share in these WhatsApp States and will see the light of day in the weeks to come.
WhatsApp states get news
As they explain on their website, the WhatsApp states allow ephemeral sharing content that lasts 24 hours. This content can include videos, photos, GIFs, text and more. One of the benefits of this feature is that, like chats and calls, statuses They are protected by end-to-end encryption.
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Through a press release, they announced new ways to share in states which will be released in the coming weeks. Here are the main new features:
- Public private: Before posting a status, we can individually select the people we want to access said content. We can do this with each of the states that we decide to download. Also, the settings for the last message will be the default settings for the next one.
- Voice states: With this new function we can publish voice states up to 30 seconds as if it were a voice note.
- Reactions with emoticons: we had the possibility of responding in many ways to a state. However, we were unable to react with emoticons and this feature will be available eventually. We will be able to react to any status with one of the 8 emoticons selected by WhatsApp.
- Profile rings: Until now, we had to enter the “Status” section to be able to see if a user had a published and waiting to be seen status. Now a ring has been created around the user’s profile picture which will indicate that they have a pending status for us to see. These ringtones will appear in your chat list, in group participants, and in the contact information itself.
- Link preview: As with voice states, an option already available in chats will be added. It’s about being able to post previews of the links we post in the states so that we can review at a glance what content we’re going to be accessing.
