WhatsApp now allows you to draw on Snapchat-style photos

Although the rumors had revealed it long ago, the wait was getting too long. Now, whoever owns the latest beta or test version of WhatsApp for platform Android, You can now draw on your photos and place all kinds of stickers in the purest style Snapchat A function that will revitalize its use and that will try to prevent the flow of users to that ephemeral messaging application.

As we said, this is a feature that, for the moment, reaches the test version That is, a step prior to disembarking for all mobile users on Android And there are still issues to refine. However, if a user is registered in the test program, since a few hours he can download this version to find certain drawing and writing tools after taking a snapshot .

Just press the camera icon in a chat and take a picture. Immediately after, the crop settings appear as usual. What is new is that, along with this reframing button, there are also others. These are the stickers, the typing and the drawing toolElements that give a new degree of depth to what sending photos by WhatsApp refers.

In the section of stickers we find a whole collection of emoticons and elements to superimpose on our photo. From the classic smileys, to pre-made arrows, sunglasses, hand gestures, animals, weather elements, hearts, sports and some symbols. As in Snapchat, you can choose any of them and apply it wherever you want, using the pinch gesture to enlarge, rotate, or reduce its size.

For its part, the writing tool offers the possibility to write a text with letters of imprenta In its favor, it has a whole bar of different tones so that the letters stand out from the background on which they are placed. Just like the stickers, the pinch gesture allows you to make it bigger or smaller.The only problem is that you can't change the font in any way, at least in this beta version

Finally there is the drawing tool With it it is possible to make strokes at will through the image, either handwriting, drawings or any type of signal to mark a specific point in the photo Just slide the finger, being able to previously choose the tone of the stroke. A feature that is too simple for now as it does not introduce different types of lines (pen, spray, neon, etc.), but useful to fulfill its mission. The good thing is that it does allow you to choose the thickness of the line To do this, simply click on the chosen tone and slide your finger to the left. A reference point in the upper right corner shows the chosen thickness.

In short, tools that will remarkably brighten up the photos shared by WhatsApp, but they arrive late and watered down if we look at the rest of the applications messaging already available on the market. In any case, the latest beta version of WhatsApp for the Android platform already includes these features . Just download it free from Google Play Store