WhatsApp voice word playback possibility (Image: WABetaInformation)
Although the function doesn’t deliver a considerable change, many WhatsApp customers would nonetheless be pleased to have extra choices.
WhatsApp is testing a brand new function to permit customers to vary the playback velocity of voice notes. Although an identical function was noticed final month, the choice was solely beneath improvement. According to WhatsApp updates tracker, WABetaInformation, the beta channel for Android, has added three playback velocity choices – 1x, 1.5x and 2x. Notably, there’s nonetheless no possibility for a slower playback velocity for voice messages. The availability particulars for secure channels stay unclear, although, given the most recent improvement, the Facebook-owned platform might rollout playback velocity within the coming months.
The report notes that voice notes on WhatsApp will proceed to play at regular velocity by default, and customers might want to set the choice manually. The voice word bubble is now getting a brand new icon that consists of the three playback velocity choices. Although the function doesn’t deliver a considerable change, many WhatsApp customers would nonetheless be pleased to have extra choices. Playback speeds have existed on a number of video platforms like YouTube, Dailymotion, and extra, for years.
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Meanwhile, the Facebook-owned instantaneous messaging platform has launched a brand new sticker pack known as ‘Vaccines for All‘ as a part of the company’s efforts in direction of spreading consciousness in regards to the COVID-19 vaccine. The new sticker pack from WhatsApp was developed in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The platform has additionally partnered with greater than 150 nationwide, state, and native governments, in addition to organisations together with the UNICEF to supply verified COVID-19-related data. The COVID-19 helplines created on WhatsApp have additionally began providing vaccine data and registration. The new Vaccine for All sticker pack brings 23 distinct stickers to WhatsApp, designed in partnership with the WHO. It is offered for obtain on each Android and iOS and is aimed toward letting folks “specific the enjoyment, reduction, and hope they really feel in regards to the potentialities the COVID-19 vaccines supply.”
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