WhatsApp updated its blog to highlight the year’s worth of new features. While the platform’s expansion to support 32 video chat participants was undoubtedly useful, it also included numerous quality-of-life enhancements such as the ability to easily send messages to or mute call participants and Call Links, which made it simple to initiate calls with specific individuals.
Picture-in-Picture is coming on iOS devices
Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode on iOS is also being tested, and WhatsApp announced that today. It’s a new way for users to interact with the app when they’re on the phone, and it’s currently available in beta. Although Picture-in-Picture (PiP) has been around for quite some time on Android, iOS 14 was the first time that it was made available to iOS users. Since then, some applications’ in-built video-playing capabilities have expanded to include the option of opening a clip in a side window, so facilitating multitasking. YouTube is like this, albeit it does require a Premium account to get the best features.
In a fortunate turn of events, using WhatsApp does not necessitate a subscription or additional investment of either money or iOS. Getting started with PiP is as easy as downloading the app and getting started. However, at this time, only beta testers will have this capability. However, the business promises that the feature will be available to customers in the coming year. In other news, WhatsApp is updating its video calling features by implementing new waveforms that make it easier to distinguish between speakers.
As an added convenience, a banner will now appear to indicate the addition of a new caller to the ongoing discussion. These are but a few of the many improvements made to WhatsApp throughout the past year; if you own an iOS device and are curious about the app, we highly recommend downloading it.
