New WhatsApp feature: This update has been added to beta version of app

WhatsApp has reportedly been working on a new feature that allows users to search different stickers. The feature was spotted in the past and has now made its way to the beta version of the app. Through this, the company is testing improvements to that feature and suggests that the polished version of it can arrive for all users soon. This new update will make the search for stickers much easier. 

According to a report by WABetaInfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp’s beta features, the instant messaging application is planning to introduce different tabs that will segregate stickers based on mood. The screenshots shared by the website show four tabs which includes, Love, Greetings, Happy and Sad. The feature may not be available to all users, according to WABetaInfo.  

“This feature is partially unavailable, because it’s under development. We say “partially" because sometimes a trick might be able to temporarily enable the feature: if you open WhatsApp the first time and the last used tab is “Stickers", the search sticker button should now appear, but it disappears if you switch tab,” the tracker said.  

This isn’t the only feature WhatsApp is believed to be working on. It is also coming up with a new feature where it will finally be possible to use the same WhatsApp account on up to four devices. When activated on different devices, there will be a need to sync chat histories between devices. As soon as a user will log into a different account they will have to sync the chats with the other devices. In order to complete that, the user will have to be connected to the Wi-Fi, as syncing could consume large amounts of data. 

However, not all features see the light of day at WhatsApp. According to WABetaInfo who discovered Vacation Mode, WhatsApp has “abandoned” this feature. The WhatsApp tracker tweeted that this was a feature under development but WhatsApp isn’t working on it anymore.  

If rolled out, the feature would have allowed users to mute archived chats so that they remain hidden as they’re supposed to. The Facebook-owned platform had been testing the feature for almost two years and has finally decided to ditch it.