WhatsApp the instant messaging application owned by Goal, is constantly updating itself with new functions or tools that improve its proposal to be able to match its rivals. Despite being the app par excellence as far as our territory is concerned, the truth is that it still lacks certain features that its main competitors already have and the next one that it is specifically preparing is proof of this.
The last feature in which the development team of WhatsApp is working are the pinned messages. Using this tool, users will be able to choose a message that they have sent to another contact and will be able to pin it so that it is always visible to the participants in the conversation. This option has been available for many years in Telegram which is probably the closest competitor to the app from Goal.
Message pinning approaches WhatsApp
As indicated by the portal WABetaInfo the developers have already included this feature in the 2.23.3.17 update of the Beta version of WhatsApp Business for Android. As can be seen in the shared screenshot, one of the chat participants will be able to choose a message that she wants to always keep present and, then, she only has to choose the respective option to anchor it to the top of said window.
This option will be especially useful in group conversations as it will help keep the focus on an important topic that would otherwise be lost to more recent messages. Of course, as we mentioned above, this feature is already available in Telegram for some time and, on this platform, you can even pin multiple messages from the same conversation.
WhatsApp continues to work on more features
Although the finding of WABetaInfo makes it clear that the team behind the application is already working on anchored messages for chats and group conversations, the truth is that an exact date for the arrival of this function to the conventional client has not yet been revealed. WhatsApp or your version business. It seems that users will still have to wait a little longer to enjoy it.
Additionally, the company is developing a plethora of new features that it will progressively add to WhatsApp. These include the creation of shortcuts to call contacts through the app from the main screen of the mobile, a option to keep photos in their original quality and a renewed interface for your camera.