WhatsApp continues its endless stream of updates, improvements and new features And it is that, for several months, they seem determined not to be trapped by the rest of the messaging applications that are attracting attention among users. Now, in their beta or test version, they add the text formats Something that seemed forgotten beyond the classic documents, and that can give some depth to conversations.We are talking about bold, italics and strikethrough
These are new features that are already present in the WhatsApptest versions for Android That is to say, those versions that have not yet reached the whole world in the absence of making sure that everything works as it should. Thus, after several weeks in this beta phase, it is most likely that they will become available to other users. At the moment only the owners of a terminal Android who sign up as testers or beta testers in Google Play Storewill be able to access this feature.
Unlike what happens in office applications like Google Documents or the famous Word of Microsoft, in WhatsApp you have to use a small trick to make use of bold, italics and strikethroughIt is not enough to click on certain buttons and write. Although it is not so comfortable, you just have to write the text you want to format between two symbols, learning that the asterisk, underscore, and equals sign can be used for more than their primary mission.
To write in bold: the asterisk. It is enough to write a text between two asterisks. The result is displayed with a thicker, blacker font, like this: visit yourexpertoapps.
To write in italics : the underscore. The user only has to write a text between two underscores as follows: _visita tuexpertoapps_ .
To write with strikethrough text: the sign of equivalence. All you have to do is use this sign, something hidden in some keyboards, at the ends: ~visita tuexpertoapps~.
The good thing is that this new functionality of WhatsApp is not limited to using one of the three formats with the text, but it is possible to combine two or even all three at the same time That is, to write in bold, italics and strikethrough in the same text Something perhaps too ornate, but it can be useful to draw the attention of the interlocutor to a certain fact or issue among normal messages.
To be able to use this feature it is necessary to have WhatsApp version 2.12.559 or higher, which is currently only distributed to through the betatesters service of the Google Play Store, which can be accessed free of charge. Or, if you prefer, by downloading the WhatsApp .apk file from its websiteAt the moment it is unknown when it will reach other users through Google Play Store in the case of Android , or for iPhone, though most likely it won't be more than a couple of weeks late. Unfortunately, these text formats are also not available on WhatsApp Web, the desktop version.
