5 Upcoming Features of WhatsApp Which Will Enhance and Ruin the User Experience

WhatsApp is the popular instant messaging platform with a user base of over two billion and an active user base of over one billion. Since the last one year, WhatsApp has been on a roll as it has been constantly rolling out new features every now and then, and it seems like the same will continue going forward. In the next few weeks, WhatsApp will be rolling out new features such as Swipe to Reply, PiP video viewing mode and more importantly, it will be monetising the platform by integrating ads to the portal. So, WhatsApp will be rolling out one of the most useful features in the form of swipe to reply and at the same time, it will be adding ads to the platform which will ruin the user experience. Take a look at the features below.

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Swipe to Reply

The swipe to reply feature on WhatsApp has already made its debut on iOS and soon it is going to be available on Android as well. The feature was spotted being tested on beta version 2.18.300 of WhatsApp Android. With this feature, users will be able to swipe on a message to reply, instead of tapping on it, selecting it and then moving ahead with the reply option. , and it makes the reply feature very quick to use.

WhatsApp Picture in Picture Mode

The WhatsApp picture in picture is already out for iOS users whereas, for the Android users, the feature was first seen on beta version 2.18.301 of WhatsApp. The picture-in-picture mode is a very impressive functionality which allows the users to stream YouTube, Facebook, Instagram or Streamable videos on the chat screen itself instead of opening the link on a third party application. Users will be able to move the screen around, and they will also be able to resize it, making it possible to chat alongside watching the video.