Preparations are underway to add a new feature to WhatsApp. Its status is Notification. With its arrival, those users who were tagged in a specific status will get a notification of not seeing the status.

Story Highlights

  • Preparations are underway to add a new feature to WhatsApp
  • Users will get a notification if they do not see the status
  • This feature is currently in the development zone

WhatsApp started testing the feature called Status Mention last month i.e. in March. Through this, users will be able to mention their favorite contacts to show their status, so that the contact will get instant notification after the status is uploaded. Now the messaging platform is planning to bring another feature related to this. With its arrival, users will get notifications for unseen status updates in the app. Read the news below to know more about this upcoming feature.

WhatsApp Status Notification

Wabetainfo, a site that tracks upcoming features of WhatsApp, said in one of its reports that the Android 2.24.6.19 beta update is available on the Google Play Store, which has revealed that the notifications of statuses which have not been seen will not be visible to the users. Will get it.

You will get a notification if the status is not viewed

It can be seen in the screenshot that the new feature of WhatsApp is sending notifications to see the status to those users who have not seen it even after being mentioned in the status. This will ensure that users continue to get direct updates and communication between them will be better. With this, the experience of the users will also increase manifold.

Work going on the feature

The report further states that WhatsApp's upcoming feature status notification is currently in the development zone. It can be released for beta users soon. After completion of testing, this feature will be rolled out for stable users.

Will be able to turn off link preview also

Messaging platform WhatsApp is currently preparing to bring a new feature for link preview apart from status notifications. This information has been received from a report by Webitainfo. The report claimed that users will get the facility to turn off link preview in Settings. With this, the privacy of the users will remain intact.

This feature has currently been rolled out for beta users. It is expected that users will start getting support for this feature in the coming days.