Whatsapp New Updated Features
The world’s most popular messenger app, bought by Facebook in 2014 for around $20 billion, is reportedly about to officially launch its payment solution on the Indian market.
WhatsApp has created the necessary data storage facilities in India to introduce WhatsApp Pay to the chat app’s entire Indian user base, which is estimated to be between 350 million and 400 million users, according to The Economic Times.
Since February 2018 year WhatsApp Pay has been tested in India with over one million users. This is over now! WhatsApp is entering the Indian market and once the authorities give the go-ahead, WhatsApp will enter the digital payments market, which is expected to have a volume of over $1 trillion by 2023. So it’s clear why there’s so much competition. Solutions such as PayTm, which is currently the largest provider, Google Pay, which is currently gaining market share quite quickly, Samsung Pay, Mobikwik, PhonePe, Freecharge, Citrus and soon WeChat Pay (WeChat is involved in the Indian Messenger Hike) compete for users.
Advantage WhatsApp Pay
WhatsApp has a user base of 350 to 400 million people. They will be the first to use WhatsApp Pay. That’s a huge advantage over some competitors. Whether and when WhatsApp Pay will be rolled out worldwide is unsure. WhatsApp Pay is a huge priority for WhatsApp, which can also be seen from the fact that it was an important part of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s f8 keynote.
According to Business Today, one of the leading business magazines in India (one of largest market for WhatsApp with 250 – 300 million users), the following 5 features will be rolled out soon. It is currently sill unknown, whether this applies to both iOS and Android, and when exactly the features will be rolled out.
1. Dark Mode
We have seen it in many other apps like Facebook Messenger, Gmail or Google Chrome. By the way: if you have a Mac/MacBook Pro with macOS 10.14 Mojave, you can also switch to dark mode. The dark mode has two decisive advantages for the user: it is good for the eyes, especially in the evening and at night, and it is energy-saving for the device. WhatsApp users have long been waiting dark mode. But now we can have justified hopes. By the way: According to WABetainfo, WhatsApp calls their dark mode Night Mode.
2. QR Code
“It’s never gonna happen.” Was the mantra for a long time. The messaging app WeChat, which is particularly widespread in China, has been relying on QR codes for a long time and so will WhatsApp soon! Until now, this was only available to start the web version via scan. WhatsApp wants to make it easier for users to add new contacts. One step instead of several. That’s why each user gets their own QR code with the update, which can be scanned by others to add them to their own phone contacts.
3. Touch ID for Android
We have known these from Apple etc for quite some time. Apple now even relies on Face ID. The identification by touch ID is already being used by some apps. WhatsApp increases the security standard for the user with offering the fingerprint identification for Android (for the WhatsApp iOS app, you can already identify with both Touch ID and Face ID). According to Business Today, the update makes third-party providers superfluous who offer exactly the locking of an app.
4. Sort contacts by number of interactions
The new feature will automatically sort your contacts according to the frequency of your interaction with them. Contacts with whom you have no exchange will slide down.
5. Function to share your status updates to other apps
Scroll down to see that end of June we have already talked about this topic: WhatsApp is testing a sharing function for status updates to other apps!
WhatsApp introduces sharing function for status updates to other apps!
WhatsApp begins a rollout for its beta testers that has already been expected for some time. WhatsApp beta testers can now share their status (equivalent to the Stories feature on Instagram, Facebook Messenger or Snapchat) in other apps via iOS and Android. In addition to Facebook and Instagram, we’re talking about Gmail or Google Photos, as reported by The Verge. The exciting thing about it is that it is not, as many observers suspect, an automatic sharing process, but an “active decision” of the user. Even if a status posting is shared with another Facebook services such as Instagram or Facebook, the respective accounts are not linked. Facebook technically regards both postings as two different updates that are not linked. It is not known when the feature will be rolled out to all WhatsApp users.
Also for beta testers (but only Android) a feature is currently being worked on, which can completely hide already muted status updates of contacts. Also here it is unclear if and when the feature will be rolled out to all WhatsApp users.
The world’s most popular messenger app, bought by Facebook in 2014 for around $20 billion, is reportedly about to officially launch its payment solution on the Indian market.
WhatsApp has created the necessary data storage facilities in India to introduce WhatsApp Pay to the chat app’s entire Indian user base, which is estimated to be between 350 million and 400 million users, according to The Economic Times.
Since February 2018 year WhatsApp Pay has been tested in India with over one million users. This is over now! WhatsApp is entering the Indian market and once the authorities give the go-ahead, WhatsApp will enter the digital payments market, which is expected to have a volume of over $1 trillion by 2023. So it’s clear why there’s so much competition. Solutions such as PayTm, which is currently the largest provider, Google Pay, which is currently gaining market share quite quickly, Samsung Pay, Mobikwik, PhonePe, Freecharge, Citrus and soon WeChat Pay (WeChat is involved in the Indian Messenger Hike) compete for users.
Advantage WhatsApp Pay
WhatsApp has a user base of 350 to 400 million people. They will be the first to use WhatsApp Pay. That’s a huge advantage over some competitors. Whether and when WhatsApp Pay will be rolled out worldwide is unsure. WhatsApp Pay is a huge priority for WhatsApp, which can also be seen from the fact that it was an important part of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s f8 keynote.
According to Business Today, one of the leading business magazines in India (one of largest market for WhatsApp with 250 – 300 million users), the following 5 features will be rolled out soon. It is currently sill unknown, whether this applies to both iOS and Android, and when exactly the features will be rolled out.
1. Dark Mode
We have seen it in many other apps like Facebook Messenger, Gmail or Google Chrome. By the way: if you have a Mac/MacBook Pro with macOS 10.14 Mojave, you can also switch to dark mode. The dark mode has two decisive advantages for the user: it is good for the eyes, especially in the evening and at night, and it is energy-saving for the device. WhatsApp users have long been waiting dark mode. But now we can have justified hopes. By the way: According to WABetainfo, WhatsApp calls their dark mode Night Mode.
2. QR Code
“It’s never gonna happen.” Was the mantra for a long time. The messaging app WeChat, which is particularly widespread in China, has been relying on QR codes for a long time and so will WhatsApp soon! Until now, this was only available to start the web version via scan. WhatsApp wants to make it easier for users to add new contacts. One step instead of several. That’s why each user gets their own QR code with the update, which can be scanned by others to add them to their own phone contacts.
3. Touch ID for Android
We have known these from Apple etc for quite some time. Apple now even relies on Face ID. The identification by touch ID is already being used by some apps. WhatsApp increases the security standard for the user with offering the fingerprint identification for Android (for the WhatsApp iOS app, you can already identify with both Touch ID and Face ID). According to Business Today, the update makes third-party providers superfluous who offer exactly the locking of an app.
4. Sort contacts by number of interactions
The new feature will automatically sort your contacts according to the frequency of your interaction with them. Contacts with whom you have no exchange will slide down.
5. Function to share your status updates to other apps
Scroll down to see that end of June we have already talked about this topic: WhatsApp is testing a sharing function for status updates to other apps!
WhatsApp introduces sharing function for status updates to other apps!
WhatsApp begins a rollout for its beta testers that has already been expected for some time. WhatsApp beta testers can now share their status (equivalent to the Stories feature on Instagram, Facebook Messenger or Snapchat) in other apps via iOS and Android. In addition to Facebook and Instagram, we’re talking about Gmail or Google Photos, as reported by The Verge. The exciting thing about it is that it is not, as many observers suspect, an automatic sharing process, but an “active decision” of the user. Even if a status posting is shared with another Facebook services such as Instagram or Facebook, the respective accounts are not linked. Facebook technically regards both postings as two different updates that are not linked. It is not known when the feature will be rolled out to all WhatsApp users.
Also for beta testers (but only Android) a feature is currently being worked on, which can completely hide already muted status updates of contacts. Also here it is unclear if and when the feature will be rolled out to all WhatsApp users.
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