WhatsApp is testing a few new features for its Android app, which will provide users with new functionality and improve the interface. The first ‘Reshare Status Updates’ feature is currently in development and aims to enhance the user experience by allowing users to re-share status updates on their profile.
Currently under development and spotted by WABetaInfo in beta version 2.24.16.4 of the Android app, this upcoming feature adds a quick shortcut button to re-share status updates and lets users share status updates as-is or further customize them. lets do For now, it is unclear whether WhatsApp will notify users when their status is re-shared.
This feature is similar to Instagram’s re-share status feature. It will also save users the hassle of taking screenshots or requesting the original uploader to personally send the media. So that they can re-share the status from their profile. Another feature, which is already available on Instagram and may now be available on WhatsApp, is double-tap to reply. The feature was spotted in WhatsApp’s Android beta app version 2.24.16.7 and will allow users to quickly respond to messages by double-tapping them.
WABetaInfo also reports that a default ‘heart emoji’ currently appears when responding to messages, similar to other Meta apps, including Instagram and Facebook. This will make responding to messages faster by allowing a double-tap functionality to respond instead of the current long press-to-hold functionality. Both of these features are expected to be rolled out to the WhatsApp Android app in the coming weeks.
