Whatsapp For Android To Buy The Farm Novel Characteristic To Rails Shared Images, Simplified Media Menu

HIGHLIGHTS

• The novel Media card is seen inwards beta v2.19.18 together with later
• WhatsApp beta update has essentially simplified the Media menu
• Now, users tin honor where inwards the chat the media was shared

WhatsApp has in ane lawsuit once again been spotted testing novel features inwards its beta build for Android. This fourth dimension around, nosotros run across changes to its shared 'Media' department inside grouping or private chats, amongst novel options for seeing the media inwards the chat, a novel overflow card for setting the media equally a profile photo, grouping icon, or wallpaper, equally good equally a novel unmarried rotate option. Overall, the changes appear to move aimed at simplifying the Media card to bring down the seat out of options visible to the users. To recall, WhatsApp was latterly seen with 21 novel emoji designs inwards an Android beta build, together with before that, a grouping telephone vociferation upward shortcut pick was rolled out to users amongst stable builds. It is unclear when these features volition move released equally the operate of the stable version available inwards Google Play Store. 

Let's larn started amongst the novel shared 'Media' options. As noted by WhatsApp beta construct tracker, WABetaInfo, WhatsApp for Android beta v2.19.18 revamped the options users run across inwards the Media department of private or grouping chats. Users when browsing photos inwards the Media department volition at in ane lawsuit run across novel options if they tap the three-dot card button. These are 'Show inwards Chat', 'Set as...' together with 'Rotate'. The starting fourth dimension pick lets y'all run across where that detail picture or video was shared inwards the private or grouping chat.

WhatsApp for Android beta v2.19.18's novel Media menu

'Set as' isn't genuinely new, but instead of private options for images to move 'Set equally profile photo', 'Set equally grouping icon', together with 'Use equally wallpaper', the card has instead been simplified, together with users tin at in ane lawsuit tap the 'Set as...' overflow card to run across 'My profile photo', 'Group icon,' together with 'Wallpaper' equally the target locations.

Finally, the 'Rotate' pick isn't novel either, but instead of 'Rotate left' together with 'Rotate right' seen inwards previous builds, users tin tap Rotate multiple times to range the same effect. As nosotros mentioned, WABetaInfo was starting fourth dimension to spot the changes, together with nosotros were able to run across them equally well, inwards both the WhatsApp for Android beta v2.19.18 construct (APK link), together with inwards a afterwards construct equally good - v2.19.21 (APK link).

To recall, WhatsApp for Android beta v2.19.21 too featured 21 revamped emojis, something nosotros reported before this week. Not much else was novel amongst the build, though WABetaInfo notes that the construct preps remote activation of the fingerprint authentication feature that had been spotted (as 'disabled yesteryear default') inwards previous beta builds.

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