WhatsApp introduces new emoticons and improvements in Windows Phone 8
Users of Windows Phone 8 devices are used to waiting for important updates from their most used applications. This is the case of WhatsApp, which compared to the almost monthly updates of other platforms such as Android , it usually takes significantly longer to develop news and improvements for these users However, the wait is worth it since these updates usually introduce quite important new features as well as improvements to the general operation of this messaging application.
This is what happened with the latest update of WhatsApp for Windows Phone 8 that is already available since yesterday, which raises its version number to 2.10.491.0 With it comes important improvements in addition to some new features that we will discuss below.
Most remarkable is, without a doubt, what they have come to call their own background agent This means to stop depending on the audio streaming service which, although with other updates it had already hidden its symbol at the top of the screen, was still used for to be able to receive notifications and messages correctly A little technical trick that finally seems to have been replaced by what's coming being the correct operation and that is expected from a proper applicationWith this, now WhatsApp works in the background in an independentway to receive notifications of new messages at the same time they arrive at the terminal.
Another novelty that users will like the most is the nnew collection of Emoji emoticons And it is that the users ofWindows Phone 8 continued to use the faces seen at the start of this application in their conversations, while users of WhatsApp for Android and iPhone have been enjoying, for several months now, a widerand varied collection, with a new section of numbers, signs and symbols for give more color and thus animate all conversations, whether individual and group With this, any type of incompatibility is avoided when sending these drawings and the possibilities of all are equalized users on different platforms.And there are still more.
Along with these issues, updating the app which features a phone in its logo despite not being able to make calls now gives a similar option This is the possibility to make a phone call using the application , but not through it. That is, to be able to access the information of a contact, where their mobile number appears, and to be able to call from there, applying the costs and rates contracted previously by the user, as a normal call.
Last, but certainly not least, we have included a alert message that warns the user that you will not receive new messages when power saving mode is activatedAlso, image preview is now more comfortable with larger size photos in conversations .
In short, an important update loaded with news and useful questions to improve the service and user experience of WhatsApp on Windows Phone 8 This new version can be fully downloaded free from Windows Phone Store if still in one year free trial time
