How to watch WhatsApp videos without having to download them on iPhone

From now on, all iOS users who have WhatsApp downloaded on their phones will be able to play the videos that arrive in their accounts without having to download them first. Although it is true that this function is not new, since it already arrived about three months ago, it began to give various problems and was removed from the app. Now, it comes revamped and functional for all users of the Apple ecosystem. You have to take into account that the version downloaded to your phone must be 2.17.31. Also, you can now send files as ZIP or PDF directly in WhatsApp for iPhone.

How iPhone streaming videos and sending PDFs or ZIPs work

Once you have the latest version of WhatsApp for the iPhone (2.17.31), you can start watching the videos sent to you through WhatsApp without having to download them. As already happens in the Android version, you will see the symbol to press play in a circular icon on the video itself Just press the button and you will start playing see clip. As is often the case with new features, there may be some users who are still unable to stream videos. In this case, all that remains is to wait for a while until it arrives.

To video streaming we must add the possibility of sending new types of files between users that were previously banned. Now, if you want to send a PDF or a ZIP, you can do it directly through the conversation, without having to look for shortcuts.To do this, you have to press the + button at the bottom left and select the file (PDF and ZIP) Keep in mind that the iPhone will not let you It allows direct access to the phone's internal memory to take the files from there. In this case, you'll have to pull external storage services like Dropbox or iCloud Drive.

Delete a sent message in WhatsApp for iPhone

These new functions should be accompanied by the long-awaited possibility of canceling the messages we send. Everything indicates that this function is going to arrive officially. As soon as it is active, we will have 5 minutes to delete any message we send, making it impossible for the recipient to read it. Of course, you will also receive a message that "something" has been deleted. Something that does not happen, for example, with the same function in Telegram.