WhatsApp is undoubtedly one of the most popular and widely used messaging apps in the world, especially in Latin America and Spain. The reasons for this phenomenon are clear, WhatsApp is easy to use and has a large number of users, which makes it accessible and suitable for communicating with most of the people you know. Because of this, the app needs to improve and the proof is in the 8 most useful features coming to WhatsApp in 2024.
It is possible to change the color of WhatsApp
If there’s one thing the Meta messaging app doesn’t have, it’s a lot of room for customization, which means you can change photos in the chat background, but that’s basically all you can do to customize WhatsApp. With this new feature, you can change the color of the WhatsApp theme to blue, white, pink, violet or the green we all know.
Schedule events in WhatsApp communities
If you are a part of the WhatsApp community, you have definitely experienced that the date of the event is decided and the information is in the message that you can only find by searching for keywords in the chat or browsing through other messages. With the mark events function in WhatsApp communities, you can create specific events, which are available in the community description, so members can access this data easily and quickly.
Verification badges for official groups on WhatsApp
Just like X did back in the day, WhatsApp users can now purchase verification badges, giving their group the necessary level of authenticity to stand out from the competition. All business channels who don’t want to be confused by fake groups can buy this business groups verification badge on WhatsApp.
Share videos and audio with other WhatsApp users during calls
Thanks to this new Meta app functionality, people on a call with another user can play the audio on their device and share it with the other person. That is, if you are on a call with someone, for example, you can play audio or video and the person you are calling on WhatsApp can hear the audio clearly and cleanly. It’s worth mentioning that this option to share video and music audio in WhatsApp calls won’t work if you don’t have a camera.
Share great information with other people near you using WhatsApp
As the Meta app allows users to share files of up to 2 GB with other people who are close to them, it’s interesting to see what this new WhatsApp feature has to offer. Using a feature called WhatsApp Nearby People, you can create an end-to-end encrypted connection where both mobile numbers are hidden to share large files.
Favorite contacts are placed on speed dial
If you have someone in your contacts that you always talk to on calls, you can put them on speed dial with this new WhatsApp feature. This way, when you enter the dialing option, your contact will be among the first options. A very useful option especially for people who use WhatsApp to make calls all the time.
WhatsApp usernames
If there is any problem while using WhatsApp, you need to have the mobile number to write to someone. It’s a bit invasive and unnecessary, which is why many other messaging apps decide to use usernames and only display your mobile phone number if you want to. Now WhatsApp joins these rules with a new function so you can add contacts and contact them using their WhatsApp username.
WhatsApp status in high quality
A few months ago, WhatsApp decided to implement the option to share images and videos in high quality and now the application is ready to bring this to the rest of the application and allow you to share WhatsApp statuses in high quality. That way, whenever you decide to share a photo or video in your situation, you don’t have to display the content in poor definition.
That’s it for this news about the 8 most important features coming to WhatsApp in 2024. Without a doubt, this is going to be a great year for WhatsApp users who will see that this app is actively working on improving. If you have any questions about what we talked about here, leave them in the comments.
