WhatsApp is reportedly in the process of developing a feature allowing users to share their photos and videos as documents with their contacts. According to information shared by WABetaInfo, this feature seeks to maintain the original quality of the images and videos sent.
This new advancement within WhatsApp is aimed at providing users the option to pick photos and videos from their device’s gallery and transmit them as documents, ensuring the preservation of their original quality without compression or loss of details. The platform is looking into the potential of allowing the sharing of documents up to 2GB in size. Particularly for iOS users, the forthcoming feature is anticipated to offer the ability to select media directly from their gallery, presenting these as documents. This innovation is poised to give users more control over their shared content and help in maintaining the unaltered quality of the media they share.
In addition to this feature, WhatsApp, under the ownership of Meta, is actively working on enhancing privacy within the application. The platform is planning an update that will allow the discreet hiding of locked chats, strengthening the protection of sensitive conversations. Currently, locked chats are visible within the chat list, but the upcoming feature will allow users to conceal this access point. Accessing locked chats will then require entering a secret code into the search bar, reinforcing the privacy and security of such confidential conversations.
