WhatsApp It continues to test new features that, it is hoped, will soon be available to all users. According to the specialized portal WABetaInfo, the ‘app’ is currently preparing a novelty for its messaging application that will allow you to record and send messages in a short video format. That is, a video message.
“Thanks to this new feature, users will be able to easily record and send short videos of up to 60 seconds to their contacts by pressing the camera button, and it is definitely a new way to communicate with their friends on WhatsApp,” they point out from the specialized portal. , who have already had the opportunity to tinker with the tool, located in the beta version of WhatsApp for iOS.
Video messages will have a operation very similar to that of voice notes. The difference is that, when they are available, the user will be able to share, in addition to audio, video images. These, in addition, can be captured through the camera-shaped button that is available in WhatsApp.
The functionality, on paper, can help improve communication between users. For example, if you’ve met someone, but you don’t know exactly where it is, the user can resort to an audio note and show the specific situation with images. It can also be a useful tool when it comes to showing a product and how it works.
The specialized portal points out that, for privacy reasons, it will not be possible to save or forward video messages to other conversations. Although yes screenshots are allowed. Despite the fact that, for the moment, the functionality is only available in beta for iOS, it is normal that by the time WhatsApp launches it will also reach Android terminals.
Also voice notes that disappear
This isn’t the only tool the Meta-owned messaging app is working on. WABetaInfo is also working so that, in the future, users can send audios that disappear after the receiver has heard them.
It should be remembered that the instant messaging application already allows the sending of single-view photos or videos that can only be opened once and, after that, they disappear from the chat. The goal is to improve the privacy of users.
As with images and videos, in the case of audio, once the recipient listens to the voice message, they will disappear from the conversation. In addition, the voice note cannot be saved or forwarded to other contacts, and it displays in chat with the same appearance as a single view photo send.