According to WABetaInfo, the beta version 22.18.0.70 is bringing the ability to view Status updates within the chat list. It has been released to certain beta testers, and therefore, it is still not available to everyone.
Using this feature, which is similar to Stories, users can publish pictures and videos that disappear after 24 hours.
Recently, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced three new privacy features on WhatsApp, giving users more control over their conversations and added layers of protection when messaging.
Screenshot blocking was one of those features and was under development on WhatsApp beta for iOS, and has not been spotted on Android beta by the WhatsApp beta tracker website WABetaInfo.
When the recipient tries to take a screenshot to view once images and videos, the screenshot will be automatically blocked, but the sender will not receive any notification.
However, a user can still take photos using a secondary phone or camera.
Available for download via the App Store, the new version '2.17.50' would be available for group chats as well, blog website WABetaInfo said on Monday.
WhatsApp would finally allow iOS device users to search messages in specific chats.
It would also enable the video streaming feature by default for all users and "share any file" on the app as well as the "pin" feature.
WhatsApp version '2.17.50' would also have general bug fixes and all localisations updated.
Default WhatsApp wallpapers would not be saved in the app, but in the Facebook servers.
WhatsApp currently has over one billion daily active users and sees over 55 billion messages being shared every day.
"We are making it easier to navigate your TV by building remote-control features directly into your Android phone, so you can watch your favourite show even if your actual remote is missing," Kay added.
Rolling out later this year, the built-in remote control on Android phones will work instantly for the more than 80 million Android TV OS devices, including Google TV.
The company said that with the recent launch of Phone Hub, users now have a built-in control centre that makes it easy to manage your Android phone right from your Chromebook.
Even if your phone is in another room, you can receive and respond to text messages, check its battery life and cell signal, turn on its hotspot, or locate it -- all from your Chromebook, the company said.
Phone Hub also displays recent Chrome browser tabs opened on your Android phone, so you can pick up where you left off.
And coming soon, Phone Hub will provide access to recently taken photos from your phone, so when you need to edit a picture or share it on social media, you can access it instantly on your Chromebook without having to email it to yourself.
To make your phone even more helpful, wea¿re working with car manufacturers to develop a new digital car key in Android 12.
With this feature, you'll be able to lock, unlock and even start your car from your phone, the company said.
The new features include multi-pinning, spotlight, new gallery view, better caption size as well as several keyboard shortcuts.
Multi-pin and multi-spotlight features have been introduced to help users interact more like real life.
Multi-pinning will allow users to keep multiple videos in place. That means one can view only, the interpreter and speaker stay in the same spot, no matter who is speaking, making it easier to focus on the content. The host and co-host can grant permission for up to nine people in the meeting to pin multiple videos.
With multi-spotlight, the host or co-host can spotlight up to nine videos so that everyone sees the same spotlighted videos.
In Gallery View, videos reorder according to who is speaking or raising their hand. Now, one can drag and drop videos into their own custom order. A user can now move their video tile closer to what's being shared so that one can see them more comfortably.
Now, caption size can easily be controlled in our Accessibility settings. One can get to these settings either from the up arrow on the closed captioning button in the meeting or in settings on the desktop client.
To help focus on the alerts that users want to hear, screen reader alerts can be adjusted in accessibility settings. One can get to these settings either from the up arrow on the closed captioning button in the meeting or in the settings on the desktop clients.
In addition, Zoom also announced several keyboard shortcuts.
(IANS)