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WhatsApp Messenger 2.19.109 Beta Released Today, New Features Coming Soon

The latest WhatsApp beta version has just been released today, reaching v. 2.19.109. WhatsApp is working on introducing an improvement to the animated stickers.

As we noticed on WABetaInfo, this feature is still being worked on:

  • The Animated Stickers feature is not available yet.
  • WhatsApp is working on the feature in recent Android, iOS and Web updates, adding a lot of improvements and bug fixes. For this reason it’s ok if you have updated your WhatsApp version and you don’t see the feature. It will be available in future for everyone.

We will see the animated stickers in the stickers pack. Users will be able to see the full animation of the sticker in the preview (unlike GIFs which we only see for a few seconds).

WhatsApp for iOS is also getting support for Animated Stickers. Users of WhatsApp for Web will get to see Animated Stickers, too.

As for when the feature will be enabled in the stable WhatsApp version, there is no official announcement. In the Beta version, it works well, and it will support third-party stickers as well.

If you’re in the beta program, you can download WhatsApp 2.19.109 beta  (- APK Mirror link to WhatsApp APK file) and enjoy other bug fixes and improvements, as well as testing the stickers.

Screenshots in Chat Getting Changed

Among the many other new features planned for the stable WhatsApp version of this app, the team at WABetaInfo also spotted a new strange change that would be introduced in the future. In WhatsApp beta for Android 2.19.106 update, they saw a new feature that will make it more difficult for users to take screenshots of the chat.

So the option will not make it impossible to take screenshots of the chat, but all users enabling authentication with fingerprint will not be able to take screenshots anymore.

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WhatsApp for iPhone: Instagram and Facebook PiP Video Download Available

After Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave details about the new features coming to WhatsApp in the F8 keynote address a week ago, the social chatting application has now released an update for the iOS clients. WhatsApp iOS update number 2.18.51 naturally conveys the capacity to watch Instagram and Facebook videos in-application. The update implies now, alongside YouTube videos, that iPhone clients can see Instagram and Facebook videos ideal inside their WhatsApp chat box too.

When are we getting it?

Earlier, when clients tapped on an Instagram or Facebook video, it would open in their particular applications installed on the gadget. In its most recent update, WhatsApp has said in its changelog that in-application video playback will work for Instagram and Facebook. Notwithstanding, it isn’t working right now. In any case, the update shows that the component ought not to be too far away, and might be enabled in the following couple of weeks.

About PiP

The changelog likewise says that the feature supports PiP (or picture in picture mode) which implies that you can, in any case, explore through WhatsApp, chat with various individuals, and the video will keep on playing in a video bubble over the application. You can move the video bubble all through the screen too, and it accompanies play/pause, close, and fullscreen buttons, only the same as YouTube’s PiP video bubble. The YouTube video playback joining was presented in January this year for all iPhone clients.

At the F8 event, Zuckerberg declared that group video calling would be presented soon, where up to four individuals can join the call without a moment’s delay and see each other in split-screen mode. The application will likewise get support for third-party stickers made by engineers. Zuckerberg also used this to uncover that WhatsApp’s Status feature is utilized by more than 450 million individuals around the world. WhatsApp for Business, the as of late presented benefit focusing on business, has 3 million clients around the world, as the Facebook’s CEO said.

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