The functions that come in WhatsApp – ElSol.com.ar

WhatsApp seems to be more popular than ever, its updates and the incorporation of new functions are in some cases highly expected by millions of users of the instant messaging service.

The 2017 is shaping up as a year full of innovation in this platform and therefore the specialized media reporting (and sometimes speculate) with the new features that come.

One of such means, of enough credibility among his followers is the account WaBetaInfo, whose administrators monitor the activities of WhatsApp to then report on progress as these occur, but sometimes, it goes beyond and provides advances over the long term.

That was precisely what he did in one of his last reports, which outlines up to seven new developments that await you this year to users of the app, which we present below.

1. Real-time localization

This is one of the most recent updates announced and consists in allowing the members of a group to be able to know the location of other members of the same group.

The function will be available in the settings menu and does not come enabled by default. Also you can define the duration of time that the user wants to keep visible in your location, you can choose between to activate it for a few minutes and leave it active indefinitely.

2. Editing messages

For those who send a message and realize that they have misspelled a word, this function will be very useful, as long as the recipient has not read the message then deselects the ability to edit the message that is sent.

3. Delete messages

In other cases the problem is not a misspelled word, but the message itself. In that case, the function of delete messages may be used. Here it does not matter that the receiver has already read the message, as may be clear, but yes, the erase will generate a warning message deleted in the chat of the person that received it.

4. Response to the states

Although it has always been able to see the status of the user, you could not respond to these. Now that it is back with a new update that allows you to respond directly to what the users put in their state.

5. To report 'spam'

users will have at their disposal different contact options to report directly to WhartsApp messages containing 'spam'.

6. Notice charging the battery

This function will be available initially in the version of WhatsApp for Android and will display a message alerting the user when the charging of its battery is about to die.

7. New tab

There are plans to add a new tab to the main menu of the application called 'States', through which users can share content with your contacts, such as videos, photos or texts, which are added and deployed forming a line of time, the style of the 'Stories' of Instagram (a Subsidiary of Facebook, like WhatsApp) and also includes features that were previously exclusive to Snapchat, such as the temporary duration of the publication, and decorative items such as decals or stickers.

Source: WAbetaInfo / The Press