One of the most popular cross-platform messaging app around, Facebook’s WhatsApp, is about to get a whole lot better. A new report says that a beta version of the app comes with a bunch of new features that users might appreciate.
According to Macerkopf , WhatsApp is working on a slow of interesting features, including support for larger emoji, video call, voice call, music sharing, public groups, web-app, mentions and new customized features.
Users will be able to share music stored locally as well as Apple Music tracks with friends and family. However, for Apple Music sharing to work, both the sender and the recipient have to be paying subscribers.
It’s not clear at this time whether the feature will support other streaming services. When sharing a track, a small music player will appear complete with album visuals for the song that’s being shared.
WhatsApp app already lets users share pictures and videos, files, contacts and links. Music sharing will be added to that list.
Support for large emoji is also something users will love, though there are no visuals for them at this point. 9to5Mac reports that the WhatsApp beta team revealed this week that emoji will match the ones introduced with iOS 10, which are three times bigger than current ones.
The WhatsApp video calling feature can be accessed by tapping on the phone icon at the top-right corner of the window inside a particular chat. Earlier tapping the icon initiated voice calling, now tapping on the icon will give users the option to choose from a voice call or a video call. The option, for now, is only available from inside the chat window and not from the 'Calls menu'.
WhatsApp’s video-calling feature is one that has been expected for quite sometime, and on its launch, it could give the app a significant edge. The video-calling feature currently available on Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Hangouts, KakaoTalk, Viber and Skype remains one of the leading options for face-to-face calls.
When it comes to public groups, anyone with a link to a specific group can post content to it, and admins will be able to shut groups downs when needed.
The mentions feature works pretty much just like it does on Twitter: You can simply tag people in your address book within a chat.
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