WhatsApp started July on a happy note, announcing new features, including a feature that will make saving contacts easier.
In a blog post on Wednesday, the Facebook-owned messaging service revealed five new features that are expected to roll out over the next few weeks.
“Soon, when you meet someone new, you will be able to scan their QR code to add them to your contacts. No more tapping in their digits one at a time,” the blog post read.
WhatsApp users can now make their messaging even more effective with new Animated Stickers.
The app said that stickers were one of the most-common ways of communicating on WhatsApp, with billions of stickers sent every day.
“We are rolling out new animated sticker packs that are even more fun and expressive,” the blog post read.
With video-calling becoming the most pertinent way of communicating with loved ones, WhatsApp has made improvements to the group video calling feature.
Earlier, WhatsApp had increased the number of people joining the video call to 8. This time, it has added a special feature that will allow users to focus on a particular user on a group call by letting a user press and hold to maximise a participant’s video to full screen.
WhatsApp will also allow users to add a video icon in group chats of 8 or less, so they can easily start a group video call with 1-tap.
The messaging platform also plans to roll out the Status feature, that disappears after 24 hours, to KaiOS users.
Also, the incredibly popular Dark Mode theme now extends to computer: Dark mode for WhatsApp web and desktop.
These WhatsApp features are expected to come to users with the next, latest versions of WhatsApp.