Nov 09, 2024 11:55 AM IST
WhatsApp is rolling out a brand new replace for Androids by way of the Google Play Beta Program.
WhatsApp is rolling out new interactive options for its standing updates, much like Instagram, in its newest replace by way of the Google Play Beta Program, based on WABetaInfo.
WhatsApp is attempting out new codecs for standing updates with Instagram like options(AFP)
The replace introduces a sticker format referred to as “Add Yours” for Android customers, permitting them to customize their statuses with questions and prompts. This characteristic permits customers to interact their contacts by encouraging responses, making standing updates extra interactive.
Earlier stories additionally indicated that WhatsApp is testing poll-like options for its iOS model. These additions purpose to reinforce consumer engagement and provide extra artistic methods to share content material.
Just like an present Instagram characteristic, if an individual uploads an image of the sky, they might ask others to contribute different footage with the identical theme.
WABetaInfo additionally reported that if a consumer sees a sticker equivalent to “Add Yours” and participates by sharing their very own content material, the viewers of the consumer who shared the replace will not be capable to see who began the sticker pattern or what others have contributed, sustaining the app’s end-to-end encryption and privateness guidelines.
Confidentiality stays one of many greatest differentiators between WhatsApp’s replace and the prevailing model of story updates on Instagram.
WhatsApp has been experimenting to make their standing updates extra accessible and visual for customers, shifting from solely viewing them by way of the standing tab to seeing them as a inexperienced circle over the profile image of a contact.
In September, WABetaInfo reported that WhatsApp was additionally exploring the potential for including a viewing listing beneath each standing replace, to indicate who all has seen the standing. They’ve already rolled out ‘likes’ on statuses, much like the Instagram-story format.
The brand new sticker replace is predicted to enhance engagement manifold by encouraging folks to take part in standing updates as an exercise and work together with one another past simply texts or photos. Individuals may even be capable to get artistic and make their very own tendencies on the messaging platform, share private tales and experiment with their very own content material.
In accordance with WABetaInfo, the sticker characteristic continues to be underneath growth and shall be obtainable in future updates for Android telephones.
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