These are the latest news from WhatsApp States
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It seems that WhatsApp has not had a break in Christmas And it is that new tests come to the fore to show that its engineers continue to work hard on what will be their next great function. We are talking about the WhatsApp States, a tool that has already been proven to exist for a couple of months, and which seems like the more social feature that this messaging application will have
To date, thanks to researcher WABetaInfo, many of the features of this new function have been discovered. First of all, it will be something like a copy of the Instagram Stories, where users can publish ephemeral content for other contacts. In this way it will be possible to give to know photos, videos, GIFs or messages that disappear after 24 hours , and that are open to consultation by any user with whom you have contact on WhatsApp Now, more details are known about it.
States vs. Diffusions
The latest clues discovered by this researcher reveal that the diffusions and the states are not that different in concept. Apparently, and taking into account that the function is still in full development, so it could change its form and background soon, the States would act as a mailing list where to make known everything the user wants.
In this way, and contrary to what was initially believed, it will not be a wall open to all users. Instead, it would be a group or broadcast created or at least limited by the privacy settings Thus, as has been discovered, it would be necessary to integrate the participants or recipients on this list to ensure that this content is delivered to them. All this taking into account that, according to rumors, there would be a limitation of 256 members
Ephemeral locations
At the moment it was already known that the WhatsApp States would be a source of multimedia content as are the Instagram StoriesThus, this kind of walls would be filled with photos and videos once said function is published. As it could not be otherwise, the text messages would also be their own content to make the rest of the contacts known in an ephemeral way. Now, in addition, it is known that the locations will have their space. Thus, it will be possible to reveal where it has been at a given moment, without leaving a trace of it 24 hours later Something that, according to reports WABetaInfo, still has a lot of development ahead of it due to the problems it has encountered in its use. Like the rest of the content shared in these WhatsApp Statuses, it will be encrypted so that only the sender and receivers can see it.
At the moment, all these new features have been discovered in the trial versions of Android, iOS and Windows PhoneElements that remain hidden even in versions of WhatsApp that are only released for testing. It is, therefore, a sign that the Statuses function of WhatsApp can still change a lot between now and when it is open to all users. At the moment it is being considered as an interesting social tool to cover the day-to-day life of users, and perhaps also intended for companies to have a direct communication channel from which to report offers, news or any content of interest.
