If you didn’t have time to read our stories posted this week about the recent updates of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop, this is the right time to do it thanks to our summary. We announced 9 features and the best news of the week is about the ability to set up an avatar released to everyone on iOS and Android!
| Common questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Story about? | WhatsApp news of the week |
| I’ve installed the most recent update of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop but some of these features are not enabled. Why? | Some features may be under development so they are not available to beta testers, or they are rolled out to some users. In both cases, you need to wait for a future update. Read more to discover further details. |
| News of last week? | WhatsApp news of the week: search for messages by date on iOS beta! |
| How to join your community on WhatsApp? | WABetaInfo Community |
| Previous article? | WhatsApp is releasing a feature that lets search for your recent groups on Desktop! |
- WhatsApp is releasing the ability to view status updates right within the chat list to some users that install the latest update of WhatsApp Desktop beta.
- What’s new in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.25.13 update? WhatsApp is releasing a presentation sheet to introduce some improvements about screenshot blocking for view once messages.
- The same presentation sheet released on the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.25.13 update is also available to some beta testers that install the WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.24.0.81 build from the TestFlight app.
- Mark Zuckerberg and WhatsApp announced that it is finally possible to set up an avatar after installing one of the recent versions of WhatsApp for iOS and Android. This is surely the best news of the week:
- We announced the WABetaInfo Community so you can get our news right within WhatsApp by joining the announcement group. At the moment, 3390 people joined the community. What are you waiting for?
- After releasing an entry point to open the chat with your own phone number on WhatsApp for iOS, Android, and Desktop, it is finally possible to open that chat on WhatsApp for Windows as well.
- WhatsApp is releasing a feature that lets some users search for their recent groups by entering a contact name right within the chat list on WhatsApp Desktop.
- We discovered that WhatsApp is working on sending view once text messages for a future update of WhatsApp beta for Android.
- WhatsApp is working on bringing the ability to react to messages sent to the announcement group of a community, for a future update of the Android app.
Stay tuned for more WhatsApp news and updates coming next week!
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