Redesigned Status Updates Tray And Favorite Contacts: New WhatsApp Features Under Development

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The Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp is working on several new features for Android, iOS, and web clients. WhatsApp updates tracker WABetaInfo spotted these features. While the platform is working on favorite contacts and secret code features for its web client, the mobile client could soon get a revamped status updates tray. 

Favorite Contacts And Secret Code For WhatsApp Web

WhatsApp Favorites Tab

Per WABetaInfo, the messaging app is working on a feature to allow users to filter chats by showing their favorite contacts. This will let users reach them easily without searching for the name or scrolling through the inbox. Users will also be able to choose their favorite contacts to mark their frequently contacted users. The Favorites tab will appear along with the other filters, such as AllUnread, And Labels

WhatsApp Secret Code for Web

Another feature that could come to WhatsApp’s web client is Secret Code. This will extend the locked chats to the web client, a previously available feature to mobile users. The feature will ask users to enter the secret code they’ve set to access the locked chats, ensuring their private chats aren’t accessed by intruders, especially in shared working environments where WhatsApp is used for daily communication.

New Status Updates Tray Could Arrive Soon For WhatsApp’s Mobile Users

New status updates feature for WhatsApp for mobile

WABetaInfo mentions in one of its reports that the messaging platform is working on a “fresh interface for the status updates tray.” As seen in the image, the new status updates tray is at the top of the updates page, making it easy to access. Further, status updates by friends and family members are visible as soon as users enter the updates tab.  

Further, the updates status updates section will also allow users to get a peak at the first uploaded status by a user by previewing it. We are guessing that users would have to press and hold on to a status card, but that is something we’re yet to find out. “The fresh interface for the status updates tray is under development, and it will be available in a future update of the app,” says the tracker.

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A tech enthusiast at heart, Shikhar Mehrotra has been writing news since college for an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Over the last four years, he has worked with several national and international publications, including Republic World, and ScreenRant, writing news, how-to explainers, smartphone comparisons, reviews, and list-type articles. When he is not working, Shikhar likes to click pictures, make videos for his YouTube channel, and watch the American sitcom Friends.

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