WhatsApp killer upgrade just revealed — here's what's new

WhatsApp killer upgrade merely revealed — hither'south what's new

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WhatsApp is expanding its feature set in a big style. And while many people use the Facebook-owned app to send text messages dorsum and along, the latest addition targets those who create and ship voice letters via Whatsapp.

Specifically, WhatsApp will add a review button that will let you listen to the voice message y'all've recorded before sending it. That's according to WABetaInfo, which reports that the feature isn't yet available for the public just yet.

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WhatsApp has offered such a characteristic already, but WABetaInfo notes that it'south rather difficult to use as you had to switch to different sections of the voice message in order to review it. Instead, WhatsApp volition add together a review button that lets you determine whether to discard the bulletin or send it.

whatsapp voice text review feature — The Review push button in an upcoming WhatsApp release (Image credit: WABetaInfo)

This latest feature follow on a previous enhancement to phonation messages in WhatsApp that lest users adjust playback speeds when listening to messages they've received. That characteristic's manifestly with beta testers.

There isn't any sort of release date fix for the feature just yet, but information technology'southward likely coming for users on both iOS and Android in the nearly time to come. Given that information technology'southward been a chip of a take a chance as to what a vox message has sounded like in the past for WhatsApp users reliant on this type of messaging, information technology's a boon for anyone who sends a lot of vox messages to their WhatsApp friends. Being able to determine if there's some sort of feedback, cutting-off voice, or other trouble will make it simpler for users to communicate.

WhatsApp hasn't revealed whatever future plans for the selection just all the same, merely when it introduces features like this 1, yous can bet in that location are probable others that aren't far abroad. Nosotros'll have to expect and run across what'south withal coming downwards the pipeline when this feature is finally out in the open up for everyone to test out.

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