Meta-owned WhatsApp is once again rolling out a new update for its users, making their experience smoother and better while chatting with family and friends.
WaBetaInfo reported on Friday that the instant messaging app is rolling out a new update that allows users to send photos in their original quality.
The new update is rolling out through the Google Play beta program, bringing the version up to 2.23.2.11. This feature has not been introduced yet as it is still under development.
It is not yet ready to release to beta testers.
The screenshot above shows that the messaging app plans to “integrate a new settings icon within the drawing tool header that will enable users to configure any image quality”.
Users will be allowed to choose the option to send images in their original quality in future. This feature will give users more control over the quality of the images they are sending, especially when they need to send images in their original quality.
This feature will be released in a future update of the app.
Voice notes
Earlier this week, the app tracking website said that WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to share voice notes via status updates.
The new update is rolling out through the Google Play beta program, bringing the version up to 2.23.2.8. However, this feature is only available to some beta testers for now and users will have to wait for a future update to get the feature.
The feature will let users “share a voice note as a status update with specific audiences configured within your privacy settings.”
Users can “share a voice note as a status update by accessing the feature within the text status section, if it’s enabled for them”.
Users can also discard a recording before sharing it, giving them more control over their voice recordings. According to the app tracking website, the maximum recording time for a voice note is 30 seconds.
Moreover, those who want to listen to voice recording on status updates need to update their WhatsApp.
Ensuring the privacy of its users, WhatsApp has end-to-end encrypted status updates. This will allow users to share voice notes with people they choose in their privacy settings.
WaBetaInfo said, “Like photos and videos, voice notes shared via status disappear after 24 hours but users have the ability to delete voice notes for everyone after they are posted as a status update. also has the potential: users are always in control of what they share.” .
This feature will be rolled out to more users in the coming weeks.
