WhatsApp heads of a reminder function, to help users not to forget to reply to messages. Other news is coming to improve vocal photos and chat.
How many times does it happen to read an important notification on WhatsApp And to forget to answer? Between chaotic groups and personal chats, conversations accumulate and it is not uncommon that some significant message ends up getting lost in confusion. To solve this problem, WhatsApp is introducing a new function that allows you to create custom reminders For each single message.
The novelty, currently in the test phase in the beta version (i.e. non -definitive) for Android (release 2.25.21.14), allows you to set a notice for be notified at a later time to return to that specific message. A sort of “wakes up“Integrated in the chat, useful to avoid forgetting appointments, answers or simple tasks that risk slipping into the oblivion.
How the reminder works
The new function will allow you to set a memo directly from the options menu of each individual message: Just premise us above and among the available items will also appear “Setting reminder”. The user can choose from predefined intervals – two hours, eight hours, one day – or set a precise date and time. This will allow you to plan in a way flexible The moment to be notified, adapting it to your working day or personal commitments.
Once the memoa small icon will appear in the shape of bell Next to the message in the chat: a visual placeholder that will help to remember that that conversation will require subsequent attention. The time has expired, WhatsApp will send a detailed notification, with The full text of the message, the preview of any attached images or videos And the exact reference to the chat from which the reminder was created. In this way, even those who manage dozens of simultaneous conversations will be able to resume the thread without effort.
Side privacythe notices are completely local, that is, they are not shared with the chat participants or transmitted to WhatsApp servers. Only those who have set them will be aware of their existence.
Other new features coming: photos, calls and ia
In addition to the reminder, Meta is testing a series of small news that will make chats even more complete and interactive. Among these, the possibility of automatically importing the Profile photo from Facebook or Instagramavoiding having to load it manually into the app. Always in terms of visual customization, a Night mode for the internal camerawhich will improve the quality of the shots in low light conditions, particularly useful for sending sharp images without having to get out of the application in use and take them with that of the device.
As for calls, WhatsApp is also working on a function to add reactions with emoji During audio and video conversations: a quick way to express an emotion without interrupting the flow of the phone call.
The artificial intelligence front does not remain to watch: some beta testers are already experimenting with the vocal chat with destination aia sort of virtual assistant with whom to interact in real time, through the voice, directly in conversations. On the organizational side, a function that will allow WhatsApp to generate a Quick synthesis of the most active chatsdeveloped directly on the device, useful for those who want to quickly recover the salient messages of a conversation without having to scroll through text pages. Finally, the possibility of Share questions and polls Directly through state updates or channels, thus expanding the possibilities of interaction with friends, groups or communities. All these news are in the test phase and could be released gradually in the coming months.
