WhatsApp on its 8th Birthday on February 24 released the updated version with new Status feature.
With this updated Status feature, you can edit and share videos and photos with all your friends and families present on your contact list.
Earlier, it was possible to write text statuses but now you can click photos, edit them with stickers, emojis, text and lot more and then publish it as your Status. Your WhatsApp Status will disappear in 24 hours.
You can manage your privacy settings that to whom you want to display your Status. You can choose some contacts or all of your contacts and decide who can view it. And, these Status updates are end-to-end encrypted.
WhatsApp has more than 1.2 billion monthly active users. More than 60 billion messages are sent per day using this app. The ongoing growth of the application is thought to be increase with this new updated feature.
The Facebook owned application shared in its official blog post, “Just like eight years ago when we first started WhatsApp, this new and improved status feature will let you keep your friends who use WhatsApp easily updated in a fun and simple way. From all of us at WhatsApp, we hope you enjoy it!”