WhatsApp Rolling Out Feature to Share Voice Messages as Status Updates to Android Beta Testers 6r1o17 Report

WhatsApp voice status updates, like video, photo, and text updates, will also disappear after 24 hours. 4075v

Written by David Delima | Updated: 18 January 2023 19:29 IST

WhatsApp Rolling Out Feature to Share Voice Messages as Status Updates to Android Beta Testers: Report

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The text Status section on WhatsApp contains the latest feature

Highlights

The voice status updates can be a maximum of 30 seconds
The feature also comes with a discard recording option
The feature will reportedly be widely available in the coming weeks

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WhatsApp has reportedly begun rolling out a new feature for select Android beta testers that allows them to exchange voice notes as status updates. The feature lets you share voice status updates “with a certain audience configured within your privacy settings,” according to a feature tracker. The new feature is available within the text status section for select s on the beta channel. These voice status updates, like video, photo, and text updates, will also disappear after 24 hours.

According to a WhatsApp Status updates. The WhatsApp feature and update tracker website notes that the feature is visible within the text status section, and adds that the maximum recording time for a voice status update is 30 seconds. s can also discard a recording before re-recording and sharing it.

As with other status updates, voice notes are also protected by end-to-end encryption (E2EE). s can also choose who can see their Status within their privacy settings. Similarly, like video, photo, and text status updates, voice statuses will also disappear after 24 hours. The WABetaInfo report added that the feature is likely to be available to more s in the coming weeks.

WhatsApp May Soon Let You Block People With a Single Tap

WhatsApp is also reportedly working on a feature to better deal with spam messages. The Meta-owned messaging service was found testing a feature that enables s to block people who are not in their list, directly from the notification bar. With this feature, s will eventually be able to block unfamiliar and unreliable s without having to open the chat.

WhatsApp message notifications currently have two options: reply and mark as read. The feature will offer s a third option: Block, which will be available only for messages received from unknown senders, according to the feature tracker.

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