In order to enhance the user interface and privacy, WhatsApp is currently working on a number of new updates and features.
The “Profile photo in group chats,” “Forwarding media with the caption,” and an integrated blur tool are some of the new features.
WhatsApp has begun testing a new “Messages with yourself” feature for Android and iOS users, though the precise release date of these features is still unknown. A limited number of Android and iOS beta testers have access to the update, and it will soon be made available to everyone with additional updates.
Although sending messages to your own mobile number was always an option, there was no separate chat window for that purpose on the contact list. Users have even created groups with just one member to share media files or take notes.
However, with the most recent update, the app will now highlight your personal chat box by adding “Message yourself” as the chat caption when you open a WhatsApp chat with your own phone number. Additionally, for easier access, WhatsApp will display your phone number in its contact list.
If you send a message to the chat with your phone number, it will always be synced with your other connected devices because it is no longer an unsupported feature when using multi-device, according to the WaBetaInfo report. Notably, for some beta testers, a different caption will be used to highlight the chat with yourself feature. Over the next few days, the feature will be made available to more users. In the subsequent update of the app, WhatsApp will update the feature that allows users to “view your phone number within the contacts list.”
In the meantime, WhatsApp has begun testing its ability to forward media with caption features in beta. Users will be able to forward documents, videos, GIFs, and images with captions thanks to the new update.
Up until this point, we could only forward the media and had to rewrite the accompanying text. But this inconvenience will soon be gone. Beta testers can currently access the feature on WhatsApp for Android users.
