There are some new types of WhatsApp features that are coming to WhatsApp, and there are quite a few features that we will discuss, which will become official on WhatsApp in the coming time, but there are quite a few features that have already been rolled out on WhatsApp. Now, WhatsApp is a software that rolls out features in such a way that one person gets one feature while another person gets another feature, and then when that feature becomes stable, it is rolled out to everyone.
Upcoming WhatsApp features
Now, let's discuss the features that are coming to WhatsApp very soon, and the top feature among them is:
• Message Pinning
The feature of pinning messages has been on WhatsApp for some time now, where you can pin a particular chat of a person you're chatting with so that the chat appears at the top for you to see. But now, you can also pin messages. It means if you're chatting with someone and there's an important message in that chat, like a code or something you always want to see, you can pin that particular message within the chat, and whenever you open that person's chat, the message will appear at the top.
• 10 Seconds Video Forwarding
Just like YouTube, WhatsApp is also bringing an upgrade where, similar to double-tapping on YouTube to skip forward 10 seconds in a video, you'll soon be able to do the same on WhatsApp. So, if your friend sends you a video, you'll be able to skip forward 10 seconds on WhatsApp as well, just like you do on YouTube or other software, with the convenience of double-tapping. It's quite an intuitive feature that's coming to WhatsApp.
• Profile Picture Privacy
The third feature is an important type of feature, and it's the feature of your WhatsApp profile picture. Basically, what happens on WhatsApp right now is that you can add a certain level of privacy to your profile picture, deciding who can see it and who cannot. But the problem arises that if you have set privacy that this person is not in my contacts, then don't show them this picture, and if they are in my contacts, then show them the picture, it becomes a problem because even if someone is not very close to you, but if you have saved their number, they can still see your picture. So now WhatsApp is going to prompt you to set different pictures for different users and your contacts. You can set one profile picture for some specific contacts and another profile picture for some special contacts. This feature is more helpful than having a lot of emails, where if they are among your friends, you can put up a casual picture, and if they are for public display, you can put up a more sophisticated one. So, this feature is also quite an interesting feature and will be coming to WhatsApp very soon.
• WhatsApp Introducing Ads
WhatsApp is finally introducing ads, and these ads will appear within stories, within statuses, and it's possible that ads may also appear above your chats in an ad format. WhatsApp is finally going to start placing ads. It's essential to note here that it's not generating any specific revenue from the WhatsApp business API platform, so the main revenue source for WhatsApp will be ads.
Recently introduced features
Now, the features that WhatsApp has introduced are quite remarkable, and you can still use these features today, but I want to give them a special shout out because most people are unaware that these features exist on WhatsApp.
• Instant Video Messaging
Now, the feature of instant video messaging is also enabled. Just like you used to send voice notes before, now you can send instant video messages in the same way. I think the mechanism behind this idea is excellent.
• Chat Lock
The chat lock feature appears on top of another number. It's a pretty self-explanatory feature that if you want to lock a specific person's chat, you can lock it on top of WhatsApp. Furthermore, now you also get Face ID support on it, so you can easily lock the chat of a particular person on WhatsApp, just like how read receipts used to show up before, now it appears on the side, and you can lock or unlock any chat.
• Email Verification
The feature that is on the third number is a very interesting feature, and it has finally been introduced on WhatsApp. This is the email verification, a significant issue that we have seen within WhatsApp accounts is that if, unfortunately, your number gets blocked, or your number gets transferred to someone else, or if you lose your SIM card and don't know whose name it is registered under, then all your WhatsApp account is lost. More importantly, if you need to verify your WhatsApp and your SIM card isn't working, you can't even request the verification codes. So, to solve these two problems, the email verification facility is now available on WhatsApp, so you can do all the work that needs to be done.
• Multiple Accounts
The next feature is among those features that have been rolled out to some users but not to others. For example, I haven't found this feature yet, but many people in my team have it, and it's the feature of multiple accounts. Most WhatsApp users now have the multiple accounts feature, similar to how you can load multiple Instagram accounts on the Instagram application. Similarly, you can also create multiple WhatsApp accounts within the WhatsApp application.
• Status in Chat Menu
Let me share another bonus feature: previously, you had to go to the status section to view statuses. Now, on top of the profile picture in the chat menu, the status color appears. So, you can click there directly to view the status of the person who posted it. If you like these features and enjoy such articles, be sure to follow because I frequently bring such articles to my website.