After announcing several new features for WhatsApp beta for Android and WhatsApp beta for iOS, WhatsApp is now rolling out an useful feature to manage media auto-download settings to some lucky beta testers on WhatsApp Desktop beta!
Common questions | Answers |
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Name of the feature? | Media auto-download settings |
Status? | Rolling out |
Compatibility? | WhatsApp Desktop beta 2.2241.2 is marked as a compatible update. |
I’ve installed this update but I don’t see this feature, why? | WhatsApp is rolling out this feature to certain beta testers so if you don’t have this feature, please wait for a future update. |
Thanks: | Swakshan, Eloy, and Sc, for testing and reporting! |
Previous news? | WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.22.0.75: what’s new? WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to create polls in one-to-one chats |
WhatsApp keeps working on new features for the Desktop app (electron version) even if we already have two native apps for Windows and macOS: since these new features introduced to the Desktop app will also be added to the web version, it makes perfect sense to keep developing features for the electron version.
After introducing a request account info on the web/desktop client some months ago, WhatsApp is now rolling out a useful feature that lets us manage how media auto-download works to some lucky beta testers on WhatsApp Desktop beta!