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. 10 features have been announced and the best news of the week is about the new WhatsApp beta for macOS app!
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| 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 the details. |
| News of last week? | WhatsApp news of the week: move chat history to iOS |
| Previous article? | WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.16.8: what’s new? WhatsApp is releasing the ability to set multiple chats to disappear at once to some beta testers! |
WHATSAPP NEWS OF THE WEEK
- Mark Zuckerberg announced an upgrade for message reactions so everyone is finally able to react to messages with any emoji and skin tone on iOS, Android, and Desktop.
- Mark Zuckerberg also posted some information about new hands-free features for Ray-Ban Stories. In particular, users can now hear message readouts, send end-to-end encrypted messages via WhatsApp, and make calls securely by using the end-to-end encryption protocol!
- In the article about the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.16.6 update, we posted news about a new feature that introduces a preview within the chats list when you receive a reaction. This feature has also been released to some beta testers.
- WhatsApp is releasing an upgrade for the feature that lets users delete messages for everyone in the recent WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.15.0.73 update: some beta testers can now delete messages for everyone within 2 days and 12 hours!
- WhatsApp has released a native app built with Mac Catalyst on TestFlight! This is surely the best news of the week:
- WhatsApp is releasing quick reply notifications for the Windows beta app: thanks to this feature, users can now reply to messages even when the app is minimized.
- The company pushed the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.16.7 update to beta testers that brings a fix when sending a sticker from a third-party keyboard.
- WhatsApp plans to update the business terms of the app in the future, but nothing really changes: the update is needed in order to comply with several regulations around the world and the new business terms will only apply to businesses.
- WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to apply the default message timer to multiple chats at once. The feature has been released to some users after installing the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.16.8 update.
- WhatsApp is working on bringing the ability to post voice notes to status updates, in a future version of the app.
Stay tuned for more WhatsApp news and updates coming next week!
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