Whatsapp doesn't want us to get bored and every so often it releases updates in which it offers us different options to try new experiences. Some proposals succeed and others do not, as is normal, but this time it is going strong and is generous with 5 new functions at the same time. Haven't you discovered them yet? Well, we are going to show them to you, because sometimes it happens that the app has new features and we don't even realize it or even with some updates we don't learn how to use its new functions. Don't let it happen to you! These are the 5 new WhatsApp features and how they are used.
It must be clarified, however, that these 5 updates are found in beta, so maybe they don't appear in your app yet. However, it will be a matter of time, so if you start learning how they work and how they are useful, as soon as you see that they are in your application you can start using them and show your acquaintances how they work, showing yourself as a true expert in the application. subject.
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Be careful you are news are for WhatsApp android and you can only use them from devices with this operating system. You will not have them visible in the computer version, for example.
Additionally, depending on the version of the app you have, you will have access to some functions or you will not be able to use them yet. The luckiest are those who wear the version 2.24.7.2, because there is even a new redesign of the search bar that we will explain later. Wave version 2.24.615, because they will be able to pin more than 3 chats at the same time. Also pay attention to those who use the version 2.24.6.16 because they will be able to filter their chats. Just as the version 2.24.6.19 in which you can mention contacts in your status updates.
Pin more than three chats to the top of the conversations list
Do you have some contacts that you like to give preference to, with whom you chat every day or you don't but you like to have them around? Maybe it is simply that it is difficult for you to find them later or that you need to keep them in mind so that you do not forget that you have to communicate with them soon. To help you with this is WhatsApp's “pin contact” function, which allows you to first place the contacts that you have pinned and do not want to lose sight of.
However, until now you could only pin one. And what if you need to pin more contacts? Well until now you couldn't do it and you had to choose which one to give preference to. With imminent updates to the app, you will have the option to pin more than three chats to the top of the conversations list. This is an advance that we appreciate.
Currently, only those who enjoy beta version 2.24.615 will be the lucky ones to have this new feature, but it will soon be operational for all users.
New chat filtering tool
Those who have the version 2.24.6.16 podran filter your chats more easily. The objective is that you can organize your chats and thus find them more easily when you need to consult something. You will have 4 filters, which appear at the top of the chat list, where it shows us classified chats that we have not read, those that are personal and those that belong to a Business account. This way you will have your chats more organized.
Mention your contacts in Status updates
This function will surely be very successful, because it will allow us, when we go up a status to whatsapp, we can mention our contacts. It is very useful, because it makes the tool more interactive, very similar to Instagram. You can draw attention to someone or, if someone else appears, for example, in a photo that you want to upload to your status, you mention them so that they can also see it and interact.
It will be a good tool to drop hints, or so that, if you share a status with another person and have contacts in common, all your friends will see you together if they look at your status.
Ideal, among other times, when you have to congratulate someone and want to make your congratulations public.
Also, how many times have you uploaded a status hoping that someone would see it and then it turns out that they don't look at it? Well, if you dare to be cheeky, you can mention that person to encourage them to look at your publication.
Redesigned search bar
If you have the beta version 2.24.71 you will have already discovered its new search bar. If not, you will soon have it in your app. This bar will be at the top of the chat list and stands out for its Material Design 3 which is the same template that Google uses.
Slide the screen with the navigation bar active
Many users liked the old version of Whatsapp better when they could swipe to the sides to see the next tab and the tabs were on the top. There are those who insist on returning to that format and the good news is that, with the updates to come, they will be able to do so and recover that aspect.
If you liked the old version and you don't feel comfortable with the current one, just be a little patient, because when this update is released you will be able to return to that WhatsApp format where it was possible swipe screen with navigation bar active.
It is true that these 5 new WhatsApp features They are in beta phase which means they are being tested to see if they work and release them to all users. Will they all continue forward or will some fall by the wayside? Did you like these features and is there one of them you're looking forward to trying? The app never stops trying to surprise us and makes us look forward to its premieres and experiments. What new features would you like to see in the future?