WHATSAPP WORKING ON PICTURE-IN-PICTURE, TESTING LINK PRIVACY FEATURE

Sat 06 April 2024:

WhatsApp is currently testing the link privacy feature with beta testers

WhatsApp has apparently begun rolling out a new privacy feature. This allows users to select the privacy level of the links provided in their chats. The functionality has yet to be publicly revealed, but it has been noticed on several beta testing accounts. WhatsApp is also rumored to be creating a new video-viewing capability for its app. According to recent reports, the business is developing a closed chats function for linked devices, which will be accessible in a later version. WhatsApp initially released the Chat Lock functionality for smartphones in May 2023.

According to an Android Police report, WhatsApp has begun pushing out a link privacy feature to beta testers. Users can choose to turn off the link previews with this feature, no thumbnail preview or other article-related info will be displayed with the link. This will not reveal any overt information about the link to anyone wanting to tap into the chats.

This functionality is also intended to help clean chat rooms and make them easier to traverse. More crucially, it is supposed to help prevent data leaks. WhatsApp beta testers can find this functionality in the Disable link previews option by going to Privacy > Advanced in the WhatsApp settings menu. Gadgets 360 confirmed that the feature is enabled in the current WhatsApp beta version.

Meanwhile, a report by WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo claimed that the company is developing a new video viewing feature. This would allow users to view videos shared amongst contacts on the app in a picture-in-picture segment within the app. This is similar to the picture-in-picture feature that is available when watching YouTube and Instagram videos shared on WhatsApp.

The report noted that this picture-in-picture viewing for WhatsApp media videos is only available within the WhatsApp application, not over any other apps. This means that with this feature, you can watch a video that one of your contacts sent, come out of the chat and interact in other chats or groups within WhatsApp, while the concerned video continues playing in a smaller window. It also added that this feature is currently being worked on and is not ready to even roll out to beta testers. So, it may not see a public release in the near future.

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