As is known, WhatsApp belongs to Facebook's parent company Meta, which has its roots in Classic social networks Lying down. And this is exactly the direction the messaging app has been turning in for some time.
Status updates And an introduction Channels It has made the chat app more like a social network. Introducing and announcing new features shows that Meta is continuing this trend.
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Channels and status updates
A few days ago this possibility was presented Post channel updates as status messages. For example, if a news outlet shares a breaking news report, you can post that update directly as your status message.
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This works very similar to forwarding a chat message. Instead of updating a contact straight aheadSimply select “My Status” at the top of your contacts list.
New design for status updates
the Status page Or the Channel page It should arrive soon new design Missed. Enlightened Blog WABetaInfo I came across a beta version of WhatsApp where it was done new look you can see.
Accordingly, contact status updates are provided using greater, Rectangular thumbnails It is shown. It should be one Improved preview To the common story and thus contribute to a higher engagement rate.
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It is similar to the Facebook application
The new preview image is very reminiscent of the story thumbnails Facebook application. The channels that can be seen below status updates should also be easy to access Modified design to receive.
It is unclear when the new status page will be distributed to all WhatsApp users. Since it is a experimental copy It's also possible that Meta could reverse its decision, stick with the current design or even go for a different look.
