Latest WhatsApp Beta News and Feature Updates

Tenor officially shut down its GIF API, and WhatsApp is rolling out its replacement to avoid interruptions on Android and iOS. Now, WhatsApp is migrating Tenor users to GIPHY. Nothing about this change is visible to users, and WhatsApp has not shared any announcement about the deprecated provider.

After opening username reservations to users on Android and iOS, WhatsApp is finally extending the same option to its Cloud API business partners. WhatsApp shared this update directly with its partners in a new communication. The full username feature is rolling out over the coming weeks.

WhatsApp is finally rolling out the feature to reserve a username on both Android and iOS. Once WhatsApp releases usernames to everyone, people will be able to message new people and businesses without sharing their phone number. You can reserve your username in just a few seconds from the app settings.

Users could verify whether someone had blocked them on WhatsApp, just by checking the encryption verification in their contact info. WhatsApp has now closed that loophole. The check now passes even in those chats where users have actually been blocked.

WhatsApp is introducing Side Chat, a feature that lets a limited number of users ask Meta AI for help privately on Android and iOS. With Side Chat, you can open a separate panel where Meta AI understands the context of the conversation, and Private Processing keeps everything secure. This makes it easier for users to ask for private help exactly when they need it.