WhatsApp is gearing up to bring a set of new features on its popular messaging platform. The latest beta has revealed that the company is planning to add a new chat locking and autoplay feature for GIFs. So here are all the details.
WhatsApp to soon bring GIF Autoplay & Chat Lock feature
The news arrives from WABetaInfo who spotted the latest feature in the latest Android Beta update of the chat based application. The beta is the version 2.23.10.2 which can be found on the Google Play Store at the moment. In the new report, WhatsApp Beta program users gain access to a new feature, which basically automatically plays the GIFs. As of right now, one has to manually click on GIFs in chats to have them play.
Although, this change will be welcomed since it would make the conversations flow more smoothly with the seamless GIFs. But it is unclear if this feature can be toggled on and off through the settings. Apart from this, the company is also working on a Chat Lock feature in the beta, which was spotted on the iOS build 23.9.0.71 update. Looking at the screenshots shared, we can see that the Chat Lock feature will be accessible through the Chat Info segment.
As the name suggests, this feature would allow you to lock any chat by scrolling down to the Chat Lock option. If users enable this option, users will be shown a Locked Chats option. Clicking on this takes users to a dedicated Locked Chats section, which requires users to use Face ID to gain access. Since this is on iOS beta, an Android counterpart should also be in the works.
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