WhatsApp has retained the top spot when it comes to instant messaging applications for smartphones. Available for both Android and iOS devices, the Facebook-owned messaging service has received several new features in the last few years for an improved user experience. The company is still proactively bringing a new set of features and has several in the testing phase. One of such upcoming features which we will likely see in the future is a new voice waveform design in the app’s chat bubble.
WhatsApp Waveform Design: What Is It And When It IS Being Released?
A new report via WABetainfo, WhatsApp is ready to add the voice waveform design to the app’s chat bubble. This is a new design that one will be able to use for all kinds of audio or voice messages. Once this new feature is available for all Android and iOS devices (stable version), users will be able to see a new waveform design for the voice messages. This would be different than the current audio playback design which this app offers.
The report also clears the fact that the upcoming waveform in the chat bubble would only work if both sender and recipient have enabled this new feature on their respective handset. If in case, the sender doesn’t activate this option, the user receiving the voice note wouldn’t see the latest waveform design.
The company is expected to start releasing the beta version of this update from today. The report suggests some select WhatsApp beta users on Android and iOS devices will be initially getting this newly redesigned waveform for audio/ voice messages. However, the company will soon release the stable version of this update for both Android and iOS users. How soon that happens is yet to be confirmed. We can expect the company to complete the mass rollout in a phased manner.
Other New WhatsApp Features
WhatsApp has released multiple new features this year for the audience. The brand earlier got all the certifications and permissions from the National Payments Corporations of India (NPCI). This has allowed the platform to let users open a Demat account and invest in IPO.
Apart from this, WhatsApp has also been testing the option to Undo an uploaded status. This feature is also under the testing phase. The beta version for this update was spotted for iOS last week. The company is also said to be bringing an entirely new design language for the chat bubbles and also the react option for messages.
