Top 5 New Upcoming Features of WhatsApp in 2022

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Meta-owned instant-messaging app, WhatsApp introduced several new features and updates in the last year, 2021. Now, users are waiting for its upcoming features. WhatsApp is working on many new features to give better chatting experience to the users.

WhatsApp upcoming features 2022 .!

1. Display profile photo in notifications

The instant-messaging app is reportedly working on a new feature that will show profile picture in iOS system notifications when a user receives a new message from friends or a group.

2. Hide your ‘last seen’ from specific contacts

WhatsApp is also testing another much-needed feature that will allow users to hide their 'last seen' status only from specific contacts. Let us tell you that WhatsApp already has an option that hides a user from last seen contacts. But, the drawback of this feature is that users are not even able to see the 'last seen' status of their contacts.

However, with the new last seen feature, users can hide their last seen details from specific contacts they don't want to see and are able to see the 'last seen' status of all other people in their contacts. The feature is said to be already available in the beta version of the app and is expected to be rolled out to all users in the coming weeks or months.

3. No time limit for deleting sent messages

WhatsApp currently allows users to delete a messages at a time limit of up to 4,096 seconds (68 minutes and 16 seconds) after it was sent. But new reports have suggested that the meta-owned app is testing a new feature on beta version to remove this limit once and for all.

With the new feature, users will be able to delete their sent messages from any time in the past. There is no information on when this feature will be available.

4. Instagram Reels on WhatsApp

WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will allow users to watch Instagram Reels directly from the messaging app. This is said to be a part of WhatsApp’s integration plan with other Facebook-owned apps.

5. Read later

WhatsApp might improvise the Archived Chats feature to read later feature soon. Once a chat is moved to read later section, users will not receive notifications for the messages received from that chat.  Additionally, the feature will include a ‘vacation mode’, which will ensure that the ‘read later’ chats work the same way as archived chats on the current stable version. Users can customize settings by using an edit button. WhatsApp users can unarchive multiple chats at once.