Key Highlights
New WhatsApp feature coming soon
Option to add voice notes as status
To be available for both Android and iOS
WhatsApp is regularly releasing new updates for its Android and Apple iOS mobile applications adding new aesthetics and user-friendly features. Just recently, the company was reportedly testing a new feature that will allow users to edit sent messages. But this isn’t the only new option that WhatsApp is working on. Previously, the company was rumored to be working on the option to add voice notes as a status update. However, the feature was being tested for the iOS app back then. Now, the company is also testing this new status update option for the Android app.
WhatsApp Voice Note Status Update Feature Coming Soon
WhatsApp’s next update will be adding the support to upload voice notes as a status. This update’s development has been shared with WaBetaInfo which has been consistent with sharing the latest WhatsApp updates in work. WhatsApp has already been testing this new status feature for iOS users and is apparently expanding its reach to the Android ecosystem as well.
WhatsApp currently only allows users to share images, texts, and short videos as statuses on their profile. With this new feature upcoming, users will also be able to share any important message as a voice note. The report shared by WaBetaInfo suggests the company has been testing this new feature with the Android 2.22.21.5 beta build.
WhatsApp has not confirmed any new development on this feature. But since it has been working already and testing it with the beta build, chances are we get some official nod soon. We can expect WhatsApp to release a stable update to set voice notes as status in the coming weeks.
According to the report, WhatsApp has also kept a short timeframe for the voice notes that will be shared as status updates. Users will be able to record and share up to 30 seconds of voice notes as a status on WhatsApp. Also, voice note statuses will have the same privacy options as the standard status updates.
Users will get the option to select from whom they wish to hide the voice note status and who can listen to the status. The process to share the voice notes as messages would also be the same as with the general status update on WhatsApp.
