Thanks to a triptych of novelties, the widespread WhatsApp messaging returns to the shields, especially marking an advance in the development of the Compaion mode and Switch to iOS functions.
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WhatsApp programmers are always committed to improving this famous messaging, to keep it up to date with the times and needs of their users. As a result of this, while the functionality to transfer chats from Android to iOS is experimented with more users, two other important features are being worked on.
Lately, a lot of the news related to WhatsApp for Desktop has been focused on business users. Soon, however, an improvement could be released in favor of all users, taking a cue from what is already possible to do in the beta for Android and iOS of the messaging in green. Specifically, it is the possibility, for participants in a group, to be able to create a personalized image that serves as an illustration for the group in its information sheet.
The screenshots extracted by the WABetaInfo leakers have documented how, exactly like the smartphone app, in a future update (since the function is now under development), even on WhatsApp Desktop it will be enough to open the editor for group images to note, together with the options to search for an image on the web, take a photo, load one from the local memory of the device, the new option “Emoji and stickers”. By clicking on the latter, the third in order of appearance, the user will probably be able to choose the background color in this case as well, placing an emoji or a sticker of his own taste in the image.
Last June, in the middle of the month, the CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, reported the launch of the function to transfer chats from an Android device to an iOS: the function in question was actually granted only to a few users, as part of a A / B testing to make sure everything was okay. Having obtained the desired feedback, in the past few hours this feature has been released to multiple beta testers.
To use it, just have, on the device with Android (from Lollipop 5 to Tiramisù 13), of WhatsApp, from release 2.22.7.74 to 2.22.15.11 and, on the other side of an iPhone, at least with release 15.5: both phones they must be connected to the power supply and connected to the same network. At this point, you can install the Apple app “Switch to iOS” on your Android smartphone and follow the instructions, taking into account that you can transfer videos, images, chats, settings, but not the call history or payments. that you have exchanged in-app (where WhatsApp Payments is active).
Finally, the latest news for WhatsApp concerns the Companion mode which, seen in early May, will allow, when released, to be able to use your account on a second mobile device, without the need for the first to be connected to the internet to text. : analyzing the new beta 2.22.15.13 of WhatsApp for Android it was discovered that this function will also include the synchronization of the chats between the two mobile devices involved, with the transfer of data, from the main to the complementary one, which will take place safely but not instantly , since – to be completed – it may take some time, as a result of which the messaging team is studying to introduce the same message present in WhatsApp Desktop / Web, which explains that the chats are temporarily unavailable in how much still in the phase of synchronization.