After its successful acquisition by social media powerhouse Facebook in 2014, WhatsApp has seen a lot of positivity both in terms of features and security. The app was made for everyone to use totally free from all costs, where previous users had to pay up a dollar to use it for a year of access.
This acquisition according to Zuckerberg at least is his part of plans to make internet access available for free to everyone through select carriers in different countries. From 2014 till now, the app hasn't seen failure at any costs. The humongous $19 billion acquisition is now seeing a lot of app features that's making its way to different mobile platforms.
One of the primary features that was introduced a year back in 2015, was WhatsApp web, the method of staying connected to your phone on your desktops and laptops too with select browsers Chrome and FireFox by Mozilla where users chats and data were synced with their accounts which made it easy for users to access whatever they had to, right from their PCs.
Just like any other social communication app in the markets out there, WhatsApp constantly strives to make sure they are still leading the race for prominence in apps for communication and interaction. There are some additions to the app in the latest update which we take a look at below.
Some important changes have been made to the app to improve the overall accessibility and experience of the user interface. According to the October 15 update that was released to the Android Playstore, mentions that were already known was now official. Along with sending documents, users can now directly dispatch PDF files through the chat which makes it easier for a group of employees to keep track of their confidential data through their phone itself without the need of opening up their desktops/laptops just for a single purpose.
Alongside the update, group administrators can now invite any non-group member directly through a shareable link than add user as a 'contact' and then bring them into the group. Emojis, as usual are now higher in number thanks to a unicode acceptance for the new ones being approved for usage.
The same can be made to appear larger than their usual size. You can also draw the same to photos and videos you capture within the app. Now that's a bit unnecessary; but WhatsApp for sure knows, how to keep their teenage users at helm on a lighter note.
