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WhatsApp adds a hugely needed feature

25 June 2019 17:46 (UTC +04:00)

A new WhatsApp update is rolling out for Android users that could save countless embarrassing mistakes, APA reports citing Independent.

The world's most popular messaging app currently has a flaw that makes it difficult for users to see who they are sending pictures to. Whenever a message is sent to a contact, the sender only sees a small icon of the recipient's profile picture, making it easy to accidentally send an image to the wrong person. The new feature makes it clearer who users are sending pictures to by displaying the name of the contact below the profile picture.

Only WhatsApp users on Android devices - including Samsung, Huawei and Sony smartphone owners - will receive the update, as iPhone users already have the feature included in the latest version of WhatsApp for iOS. Users of WhatsApp are still waiting for two of the biggest update's in the messaging app's history, both of which are expected to roll out early next year: The first is a merger with other messaging services offered by other Facebook-owned apps, including Instagram and Messenger. It will mean that conversations will carry on seamlessly between people, regardless of which of the apps they are using to communicate.

The second major update will see Facebook's recently announced cryptocurrency Libra introduced to WhatsApp, allowing users to make and receive payments through the app at the touch of a button.