Tech: WhatsApp testing new feature called Status. Find out what it is

Facebook-owned instant-messaging client WhatsApp, has made available yet another new feature in its beta version. Called Status, it allows users to share pictures and videos as per mood with other elements such as emojis

Facebook-owned instant-messaging client WhatsApp, has made available yet another new feature in its beta version. Called Status, it allows users to share pictures and videos as per mood with other elements such as emojis. According to BGR India, the content shared, will however disappear with 24 hours, which makes it similar to an identical feature in Snapchat - Stories.

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Although the Status feature always existed in the client, this new feature made available to registered public beta testers of WhatsApp, who are utilising a rooted Android or iOS device, lets you share photos with your contacts albeit for a limited frame of time.

Watch the video below to learn how to activate WhatsApp Status

How WhatsApp Status works
Ensure your smartphone has WhatsApp's Public Beta version (2.16.336) to get the Status feature. In the beta version, WhatsApp Status has been moved under settings. The other 'Status' option that everyone can view is located between the 'Chats' and 'Calls' options.

Once clicked a camera tab allows the user to click pictures and videos to send to your friends. Users can also doodle, add stickers and more. They don't have to be sent through an individual chat window. Currently, there's no way to delete the videos and photos shared through WhatsApp Status.

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