Year in Review: Here’s Everything WhatsApp Introduced in 2017

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has become one of the most popular messaging apps with over 1.2 billion users worldwide and 200 million users in India alone. In order to stay relevant in today’s environment, WhatsApp seems to have brought many changes like new Status feature. The app continues to update itself introducing new changes to enhance user experience.

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There are many new features that WhatsApp received since the debut of this year which includes:

WhatsApp Status:

WhatsApp status was launched earlier this year and is similar to Snapchat Status and Instagram Stories feature. The new WhatsApp Status feature allows usual text status to be replaced with multiple photos, video or even text. All the media updated in the Status disappears automatically by 24 hours. The feature has become extremely popular that many users have started communicating through the Status.

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Share Live Location:

A interesting feature that WhatsApp brought this year is live location sharing feature that lets users share their whereabouts in real time with family and friends. The live location can be shared in both individual and group chats and doesn’t require active app use. There is also a Live until option that lets users restrict the time limit for tracking, and the maximum limit is up to 8 hours.

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Delete for Everyone:

WhatsApp brought the much need Delete for Everyone feature very recently, and this feature allows users to delete messages that have been sent by mistake. The feature is applicable to both individual and group chats. All file types such as messages, images, videos, or any other files for that matter can be deleted with this option.