WhatsApp: this new feature stolen from Apple
Not a week goes by without the experts at WABetaInfo finding traces of new features in the WhatsApp version of Android. This time, it’s about copying the interface of the iOS version…
WhatsApp is not resting on its laurels and is trying to implement new features so as not to lose its leading position in the encrypted instant messaging market. Not a week goes by without the WABetaInfo site not noticing new things in the code of the application. It’s not a secret since you just have to dig into the code to find it, but these features take weeks or sometimes months to satisfy the Meta engineers who then authorize their release, first and foremost to customers of the beta service. then to everyone.
After locking conversations, super powers given to group admins, correction of sent messages, HD images and the possibility of pinning messages, WhatsApp Android will soon offer a navigation bar at the bottom of the interface.
A new interface
On the screenshots of WABetaInfowe can see a toolbar with 4 icons: Cats, Communities, Status And calls. A novelty ? Not really since this design is that of the iOS version of WhatsApp, so it’s more of a harmonization of the menus between the different versions of the application than a revolution. Note that a few days earlier, the discovery of a new option to unlock a chat in using his fingerprints had also been discovered. After years of status quo, WhatsApp seems to really want to listen to its users since it is an express request from the community who considered WhatsApp’s interface to be outdated. If Meta starts listening to the plebs now…
