WhatsApp offers a reaction preview in the chat list. The novelty was discovered in a recent beta update for Android.
As reported by Wabetainfo, the messaging app continues to work on improving its reaction feature.
WhatsApp: This is how the soon-to-be-released new feature will work for users
As you can see in the screenshot, a text preview appears when you receive a reaction in a particular conversation.
In this case, we responded to a message with a green heart emoji and a text preview appeared in the chat menu.
Novelty works with chats and groups and there is no way to disable it: it is enabled even if the user has disabled Reaction Notifications in WhatsApp Settings > Notifications.
According to the website, this feature is available for some beta testers and there will be more activations in the future. Discover what’s new:
The beta update reveals a new feature that will soon appear in WhatsApp
Another important feature, the messaging app is now working on the ability to hide online status for a future update.
Using the new functionality, it will be possible to configure who can see when we are online directly in the settings we saw.
According to the information, the feature is still under development, so we don’t know the details of when it will be officially released to the public.
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