WhatsApp adds new features to statuses to make them more attractive. On the program: voice message, new reactions, audience selection… So many fun ideas, directly inherited from Instagram!
Meta continues to improve its WhatsApp instant messaging by regularly adding new features. After having made possible the creation of avatars or the sending of messages to oneself, it is on the side of the statutes that the company of Mark Mark Zuckerberg turns. As a reminder, this is a function that allows you to share photos, videos, GIFs, links or text with your WhatsApp contacts for 24 hours, after which the content disappears, a bit like the stories of Instagram or Snapchat snaps. Of course, like the conversations, the status, accessible via the tab of the same name, is protected by end-to-end encryption. . But as the option is not exploited enough by users, Meta decided to make it more attractive with “new functions in WhatsApp status to better express yourself and communicate better”, as she announces in his press release. And she didn’t go very far to find ideas, since she was cheerfully inspired by what she had put in place for Facebook and, above all, for Instagram.
WhatsApp: new functions for the statuses
The first new feature allows you to restrict the display of your status by choosing precisely who can view it from three options: “My contacts”, “My contacts except…” and “Share only with…”. Convenient when you want to share particularly private or somewhat sensitive information or, quite simply, if you don’t want all your repertoire to be aware! Note that the last option defined applies by default to the following statuses.
The second option allows you to record and share voice messages of up to 30 seconds in your WhatsApp statuses, which can allow you to share stories or anecdotes that have just happened to us, especially if they contain many juicy details. Meta also integrates reactions to statuses to quickly and easily respond to news from loved ones without having to expand on the subject. To do this, simply swipe the status in question upwards and select one of the eight emojis offered. Of course, it is always possible to reply with text, stickers, voice messages or whatever, this is only an alternative!
A new green status ring is also appearing to give statuses more visibility – unlike social networks, you don’t necessarily think of going to see them, especially since they are hidden in a separate tab, since you come on WhatsApp only to read or to send messages. This ring then surrounds the profile photo of the contact in question to be clearly visible in the list of discussions, the list of members of a group and the contact information. Finally, the links published in a status will have the right to a visual preview of their content which will be displayed automatically, as when sending a message. It’s more aesthetic and it lets contacts know what it’s about before they click on it – and thus pique their interest. All these new features are currently being deployed around the world: be patient, they may take a few weeks to arrive. Patient !