What's the new "Status" feature of WhatsApp?
What's the new "Status" feature of WhatsApp?
The "Status" feature on WhatsApp is being seen as a major update. And on February 24, 2017, it has been implemented globally for all users. Which allows users to share photo, video, GIFs emogi, drawings and captions.
Which will be shown to your contacts for the next 24 hours, with better privacy control, you can customize through options like "my contacts", "contacts except ..." and "only share with ..." Who can see your "status" update.
This is the first time that WhatsApp has made extensive changes in app syncing. Facebook where this update is available as news-feeds - and it can eventually become the way to advertising. This update has definitely opened doors to give unobtrusive advertising. This update is similar to its antagonist SnapChat's Story which was started almost 3 years ago.
This step is not surprising, because in other Instagram apps owned by Facebook, similar "Update" was brought in last summer. Instagram has amassed its users with its super-cool updates and WhatsApp has joined this league now.
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SnapChat's parent company Snap can be in trouble with this move of WhatsApp which is going to come among the public. Snapchat has about 160 million users and it is popular in North America. A large base of WhatsApp is mainly about 1.2 billion in Europe and Asia. Therefore, this move of WhatsApp can be a major setback to SnapChat's global traction, how much it actually affects SnapChat, it will be seen in the future. But WhatsApp is definitely a social networking application (Social Networking App) has started working towards forming.
