If you missed our stories this week about the latest updates to WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, and Desktop, this is a good time to catch up thanks to our summary. Among the 5 stories we shared, the best news of the week is about the new dark interface in development for WhatsApp Web!
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| Story about? | WhatsApp news of the week |
| I've installed the latest update of WhatsApp for Android, iOS, and Desktop, but some of these features are not currently available. Is there a particular reason for this? | Some features in the app may be under development and not yet available to all testers, or they may be gradually rolling out to users. If you're unable to access a certain feature, you'll need to wait for a future update. Keep reading for more information. |
| News of last week? | WhatsApp news of the week: sharing status updates from companion devices is available! |
| Previous article? | WhatsApp is working on a feature to search for users by their username from the web client! |
WHATSAPP NEWS OF THE WEEK
- The WhatsApp for Mac 23.25.80 update brings new keyboard shortcuts and a revamped menu bar, designed to improve the user experience. These features are now available to everyone.
- We announced that WhatsApp is releasing the ability to share status updates from WhatsApp Web. This feature is currently available to some beta testers who joined the official beta program of the web client.
- Thanks to the recent updates of the web client, we discovered that WhatsApp plans to introduce a new dark interface for WhatsApp Web. This enhancement is currently in development and it will be available in the future. In our opinion, this is the best news of the week:

- We announced that WhatsApp is actively working on bringing a feature to allow users to create a username from the web client. This much-anticipated update aims to enhance the user experience by allowing users to contact others without sharing their phone number. This feature is under development and it will be available in the future.
- We also discovered that WhatsApp plans to introduce a feature to search for users by entering their username into the search bar in the future.
Stay tuned with us to discover new features and updates about WhatsApp, coming your way next week!
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