WhatsApp is consistently testing new options via its beta channel, and these often take months to lastly launch for everybody. In the present day the service truly launched a dozen new options on the identical time, so let’s undergo them one after the other.
First, there’s now an On-line indicator in group chats, exhibiting you which ones members can be found proper beneath the group title. Second, you’ll be able to select to solely obtain Highlights from teams, which limits notifications to mentions, replies, and messages from saved contacts. Third, now you can create an occasion in a 1-to-1 chat, RSVP as “perhaps”, invite a plus one, add an finish date and time for longer occasions, and pin an occasion in a chat.
Fourth, you’ll be able to faucet another person’s response to react in the identical method to a message. Fifth, you’ll be able to scan and ship paperwork straight from WhatsApp on iOS, with choices to crop and save. Sixth, you’ll be able to set WhatsApp to be your default messaging and calling app on the newest model of iOS in some locations – simply go to Settings > Default and decide WhatsApp.
Seventh, you’ll be able to pinch to zoom in video calls on iOS. Eighth, you’ll be able to add somebody to an ongoing 1-to-1 name straight from a chat thread. Ninth, video calls are larger high quality and extra dependable, with fast jumps to HD high quality if in case you have the bandwidth. Tenth, channel admins can now report and share quick movies of 60 seconds or much less with followers.
Eleventh, you will get voice message transcripts for channels. And at last, twelfth, you’ll be able to create a QR code that hyperlinks on to a channel if you’re that channel’s admin, so you’ll be able to simply share it with others.