WhatsApp for Android now allows you to watch videos without leaving the app

Just a few days ago the WhatsApp app began to receive a new way to respond to specific messages faster. Now, the most popular messaging service of the moment receives another novelty in beta phase. We are talking about nothing more and nothing less than Picture in Picture This is how this new mode works for videos and you can apply it to your mobile.

It is important to note that this update is only coming to Android devices, since it has been available on iPhone for some time.In case you didn't know, Picture in Picture is a feature that Google added in Android 8.0 Oreo. What it allows us is activate a floating window of the video to be able to continue watching it while we navigate through the system In this case, through the messaging service.

Videos from YouTube, Facebook or Instagram without leaving the app

To use the Picture in Picture mode we don't have to do anything. WhatsApp will activate it automatically every time we play a video, so we can continue browsing the chat If we want to enlarge it, we touch on the video box and click on the enlarge icon. The interesting thing is that it not only allows you to use the mode on YouTube videos, but also on other platforms, such as Facebook or Instagram.

To receive this news it is important that you have the latest version of WhatsApp beta.If you are not registered in the program, you can do it through Google Play You just have to go to the app and click on the box that says "Join the beta program. You can also search APK Mirror for the number 2.18.301 Beta Android and download it on your phone. Keep in mind that this way you will also join the beta program of the service. This means that the version could have different bugs and not work correctly, even so, WhatsApp updates quickly to fix the bugs that arise. This novelty will be released in the final version in a few weeks.

Via: WABetaInfo.