WhatsApp Rolls Out Picture-in-Picture Mode for Video Calls on iOS

WhatsApp for iOS is receiving an replace that can enable iPhone house owners to multitask on their telephone whereas on a video name. Unlike the Android model of the app, which has supported multi-tasking whereas on video calls for ages, WhatsApp for iOS would pause a person’s video stream when the app was minimised or the person switched to a different app. Now, iPhone customers will see a floating picture-in-picture (PiP) window with a minimised model of the window, permitting them to entry different apps on a video name.

The widespread messaging service introduced that it was including help for the PiP function on iOS through the discharge notes for the most recent steady model on the App Store. “With support for iOS Picture in Picture (PiP), you can now multitask during a WhatsApp call without your video being paused,” the changelog reads. Gadgets 360 was capable of verify that the function was enabled on two iPhone fashions after updating to WhatsApp for iOS 23.3.77.

It is value noting that Apple added help for PiP mode in 2020 with the discharge of iOS 14, whereas Google added help again in 2017, when it rolled out Android 8, popularly referred to as Android Oreo. Third-party Android apps have acquired help for PiP mode quicker than their iOS counterparts — YouTube customers on iOS have been lastly capable of minimise video playback to a floating window within the second half of 2022. 

Meanwhile, the replace additionally provides help for captions whereas sending paperwork on WhatsApp for iOS. The app beforehand allowed customers so as to add captions to pictures and video, and customers can now add context to paperwork whereas sharing them.  

Users on iOS may also be capable of enter longer topics and descriptions for group chats, after updating to the most recent model of WhatsApp. The firm rolled out these enhancements to the Android model of the app earlier this week — together with the flexibility to share 100 pictures or movies at a time, which does not seem like included as a part of the most recent replace or iOS.   

WhatsApp additionally states that customers can create avatars as stickers and their profile photograph, however it’s value noting that the corporate first introduced the rollout of this function, together with help for 36 customisable stickers primarily based on user-generated avatars, in December.