New Features of Whatsapp Messenger App

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Whatsapp is coming up with new and new features very often. Most of them are very useful for many users which goes into billion+. Let us look at some features of whatsapp messenger app.

  1. Basic Features
    1. Send Text Message
    2. Send Image
    3. Add Contact
    4. Add Status Message
    5. Add Profile Image
      1. Edit profile image
      2. Remove profile image
    6. User
      1. block
      2. profile
      3. status
      4. last seen
    7. Group chat
    8. Subscription list
  2. Cool Features
    1. Chat backups
      1. Auto Chat backups
    2. Chat encryption
    3. Message Deletion
    4. Chat Deletion
    5. Messages
      1. Add format to chat message
        1. Bold
        2. Italics
        3. Underline
      2. Link previews
      3. Copy message
      4. Long message with more link
    6. Images
      1. Static Images
      2. Animated Images
      3. Image scroll from same chat window
      4. Click Pictures
    7. Voice
      1. Send voice message
      2. Voice call
    8. Videos
      1. Send video
      2. Video streaming
      3. Video Calling
    9. Files/Documents
      1. Send files
      2. Receive Files
      3. File preview
      4. Forward files
      5. Multiple Formats
        1. PDF
        2. ZIP
    10. Location
      1. Share location
    11. Contacts
      1. Share contacts
      2. Add contact
    12. Settings
      1. Low data usage option
      2. Hide last seen
      3. hide read status
      4. Notification preview
      5. Reply directly from a popup
    13. Chat list
      1. Frequent Chatters list
    14. Chat/Conversation
      1. Search chat
      2. Archive chat
      3. Conversation Shortcut
      4. Message Status
        1. Message Sent Status
        2. Message Delivered status
        3. Message Read Status
        4. When message is delivered/seen
        5. Current status of message in group
          1. How may delivered
          2. How many seen/read
      5. Favorite Message
        1. Mark message as favorite
        2. Check all such marked messages
      6. Reply to a message
    15. User status
      1. Image, Gif or Video. Only for 24 hours
    16. Change mobile number to another mobile number i.e. update mobile number
    17. Forward to multiple users
    18. Forward to multiple groups
    19. Select multiple messages for action
    20. Set wallpaper
    21. Mark message as unread
    22. Custom notifications
    23. Group notification timings
    24. Mute individual contacts
    25. Mute groups
    26. Emojis
      1. Long list
      2. Multiple colour variants
      3. Colorful Emojis
      4. Categorised
    27. Whatsapp Web
      1. Sync between mobile and app
    28. Stats
      1. How much usage in Data Calls
  3. Ease of Use Features
    1. No Email Id Required. Direct mobile number account usage
  4. Difficult to Use Features
    1. Can’t initiate a chat with user without saving it as contact
      1. Live sync is done between mobile and web when using web whatsapp
  5. Pending Features
    1. Username – No Username. Only phone based access. Can be made like Twitter where user can change Username often.
    2. Initiate chat directly with a user without storing it as contact
    3. Schedule status – Able to schedule a status. After expiry show alternative or general status.
    4. Message Forward status – After message is read we get blue double tick. If message has been forwarded then we should get Green ticks.
    5. Message Delete status – Some status if message is deleted
    6. Chatbots – There are no chatbots
    7. Assistant – No whatsapp AI assistant
    8. Stickers – No Stickers
    9. Forward count – How many times a message has been forwarded
    10. Trending messages – A separate pubic window to show trending messages based on many forwards in a time frame
    11. Templates
      1. Address template: Pre-fill address(es). Share Address with a contact/group by click of few buttons (no need to type or copy from elsewhere)
    12. Channels, Public Groups, Pages
  6. Rumoured Features (may have been launched overtime)
    1. Recall message/delete sent message
    2. Add date as event

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