WhatsApp is always adding useful features to help you use it as a business and recreational communication platform. It has a flourishing beta testing community, and these testers experience tons of new features. The latest feature, according to WABInfo, isn’t quite the biggest. WhatsApp is working on bringing auto-playing GIFs to the app.
So, if you use WhatsApp to communicate with your company or connect business, not having auto-playing GIFs bum you out. However, it can be a useful feature to have if you typically communicate using GIFs.
It’s not uncommon for people to go on GIF-sharing sprees in casual conversations, and having to tap on the GIF every time can just be a pain in the neck. So, with this update, the GIFs will play automatically when you scroll to it.
Auto-playing GIFs for Whatsapp is still in the testing stage
This new feature was discovered in the latest version of the beta app for Android (version 2.23.10.2). Even if you have the beta version of the app, you’re not guaranteed to see the update. It’s only available to a select number of users. This means that it might be a while before people on the public version of WhatsApp will see it. In any case, when it does arrive, it will definitely be a bit more convenient for people who constantly use GIFs in WhatsApp.
What else is going on at WhatsApp?
WhatsApp is currently testing the ability for people to share their statuses directly to Facebook. Both Facebook and WhatsApp are owned by Meta, so it’s no surprise that they can integrate so closely.
With this new feature, people will be able to share their WhatsApp status directly to Facebook without having to leave the app. This is great for people who want to seamlessly keep their Facebook followers updated about what’s going on in their lives.
Also, if you are unavailable to communicate with people, it’ll be useful to share that information directly to Facebook so that people on Facebook will know that you’re unavailable. This feature is still in beta testing, so it may be a while before it comes out.