WhatsApp Gets Message Quotes and Replies
Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature that will make the platform more useful. The new update v2.16.118 has a quote and reply feature, which allows users to quote an earlier message from a conversation and reply to it, which makes sense considering users earlier had to copy and paste the message and then follow it up with another message.
The new feature was spotted in beta builds of WhatsApp for Android, it is now rolling out for most users across Android and iOS running the general release builds from Google Play and the App Store. The message quotes and replies feature is self-explanatory and the user needs to long press a message in any conversation to see a reply option pop up alongside star, delete, forward, and copy.
All that the user needs to do is long press a message from a conversation to get a reply option pop up. On pressing this option, the message will appear as a quote and the users can reply to it. The receiver will get this message with the original one as a quote in a grey box. Along with the reply option, the pop-up will also contain star, delete, forward, and copy options. This feature can be helpful in lengthy conversations in groups, where a topic can be lost quickly.
Earlier this week, the feature was only available in beta for Android users. However, according to recent reports, the feature is now being rolled out to most Android and iOS users through Google Play and Apple Store, respectively.
WhatsApp seems to be on a roll to introduce new features. In March 2016, the messaging platform introduced new text formatting features where users could make their texts stand out in bold and italics. The strike-through formatting option was also introduced. The Facebook-owned instant messaging application also updated its iOS and Android client to include new features like PDF sharing, custom settings to enable or disable media downloads for specific contacts, in-app notification to enable quick replies and more.
While the update is only available to beta testers for now, it should be rolling out to more users soon. Besides this feature, the messaging app is also expected to add support for GIFs and documents even from third-party apps like Google Drive and OneDrive.
Cheers!!!
The new feature was spotted in beta builds of WhatsApp for Android, it is now rolling out for most users across Android and iOS running the general release builds from Google Play and the App Store. The message quotes and replies feature is self-explanatory and the user needs to long press a message in any conversation to see a reply option pop up alongside star, delete, forward, and copy.
All that the user needs to do is long press a message from a conversation to get a reply option pop up. On pressing this option, the message will appear as a quote and the users can reply to it. The receiver will get this message with the original one as a quote in a grey box. Along with the reply option, the pop-up will also contain star, delete, forward, and copy options. This feature can be helpful in lengthy conversations in groups, where a topic can be lost quickly.
Earlier this week, the feature was only available in beta for Android users. However, according to recent reports, the feature is now being rolled out to most Android and iOS users through Google Play and Apple Store, respectively.
WhatsApp seems to be on a roll to introduce new features. In March 2016, the messaging platform introduced new text formatting features where users could make their texts stand out in bold and italics. The strike-through formatting option was also introduced. The Facebook-owned instant messaging application also updated its iOS and Android client to include new features like PDF sharing, custom settings to enable or disable media downloads for specific contacts, in-app notification to enable quick replies and more.
While the update is only available to beta testers for now, it should be rolling out to more users soon. Besides this feature, the messaging app is also expected to add support for GIFs and documents even from third-party apps like Google Drive and OneDrive.
Cheers!!!
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