WhatsApp renews the broadcast function on Android
The social messaging network WhatsApp continues to improve its application with constant improvements and new features that help you continue to be among the most desired. On this occasion we found an update for the platform Android where, although we didn't find anything really new, it does improve some features and most importantly fixes some bugs and bugsthat prevented the correct operation since the last update.
Thus, we find ourselves with the version 2.8.8968 of WhatsApp and a list of novelties or, rather improvements, not too long Among them stands out the redesign of the function broadcasting It is an option that allows us to send The same message to several of our contacts in a comfortable way, without doing it one by one. Well, now it has a new button in the menu ”“ called New Broadcast ” “ which takes us to the screen where you can configure the message and the recipients.
Here we can establish a list of up to 25 contacts to whom we can write the same message no need to create a group and that there is a relationship between them Once chosen, just press the button CreateAfter that, a new screen appears with the list of contacts and a text box where you can enter the message, with the option of inserting emoji smileys, images, videos, audio tracks, a location, or a business card with a contact's information. Pressing Send the broadcast reaches the recipients. One point in its favor is that broadcasts are registered as conversations, being able to visit them on the chats screen , where it is graphically marked what percentage of the contact list has received the message And, if desired, to be able to return to send a new message without the need to specify a new contact list. Broadcast messages are marked in conversations with the megaphone icon
In addition to this issue we found several important improvements. One of them is when verify our phone number to create a new WhatsApp accountSomething that should now take less time and, hopefully, safer The other The issue is the bug fix that crashed the application and forced the user to force its closureIssues that should not be repeated after this update, although experience tells us that with new updates new bugs arise. Hopefully this time they are smaller. Finally, new translations have been added to localize the app into language Bulgarian and Romanian
In short, a most interesting update. And it is that, although it may not seem very useful, it is a great help to congratulate Christmas in a comfortable way through this tool thanks to the broadcastsAlthough we also have the question of whether with the ability to send messages to many users it will not be focused on being able to distribute ads advertising of some kind in the future. Meanwhile, Android terminal users can now update their app free, by least for the first year, via Google Play
