Latest WhatsApp Beta News and Feature Updates

IOS

WhatsApp is rolling out new UI improvements for group calls on IOS beta!

After opening the first official public beta program, WhatsApp is already starting to test new features, that will be available in future for any user having the AppStore version. In particular, WhatsApp has recently submitted a new beta update through the TestFlight program, bringing the version up to 2.18.110.17. Let's discuss about the news now!
ANDROIDIOS

Spotted new WhatsApp QR Code and "Add Contact" features

In these weeks, WhatsApp is focusing to implement new features in the app. After viewing the implementation of the PiP mode on Android, the support for the Notification Extension on IOS and screenshots of the Dark Mode, we have discovered two new functionalities that will make easier to share own contact info and to quickly add contacts. Today we're happy to do this announcement!
IOS

WhatsApp is rolling out the Ranking feature for IOS beta users!

After opening the first official public iOS beta program, WhatsApp is already starting to test new features, that will be available in future for any user having the AppStore version. WhatsApp is developing a new feature since a few weeks, on both IOS and Android, and today I'm ready to release the first visible news of IOS Beta, seen that the beta program is now public!
IOS

WhatsApp officially launches an iOS public beta program today!

WhatsApp has offered a public beta program for Android and Windows Phone in the last years. You can download the latest beta for Windows Phone here, instead the most updated beta for Android is available here. The beta program for Android might be full so, for this reason, you can download the beta on APKMirror. An official beta program for iOS was never available for everyone, because it always was restricted just for a few users.. but today WhatsApp has unexpectedly opened its own public beta program, available for any iOS user!
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ANDROIDIOSWEB

WhatsApp is rolling out the Stickers feature!

WhatsApp was working for a long time to implement a new message type in their applications for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Implementing Stickers in WhatsApp was very required in these months and we have followed very carefully the development, showing all their progress. Following the development, we have discovered that WhatsApp has decided to support Facebook Stickers packs, as we wrote in the past, but they also supports Stickers Packs submitted by third parties in future..
IOS

WhatsApp is working to add Touch ID and Face ID support!

In these last weeks, WhatsApp was working on a lot of features to implement in the new update. The changelog of the new update is available here and it includes some UI improvements, support for consecutive voice messages autoplay, more status replies options and info about the Dark Mode. If you believed that this was already enough, you're wrong. WhatsApp is working on another important feature, highly required in the last years..
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IOS

WhatsApp for iOS 2.18.100 changelog is available

Version: 2.18.100 Today WhatsApp has released a new update on the AppStore, bringing the version number up to 2.18.100. I've downloaded the update in order to find what's new or changed, so let's immediately discuss about the changelog ..
ANDROIDIOS

WhatsApp is developing a Linked Accounts feature, Vacation and Silent Modes!

In these months, WhatsApp was working on a new feature to improve chats and notifications. The most recent news about notifications includes the support for the new Notification Extension to see Media Preview in the notification, but WhatsApp is silently working to add a new feature for Android, iOS and Windows Phone, that's currently under development. In this article I also talk about other two new features! Let's see them!