WhatsApp for Android has gotten an upgrade that brings a few new components including custom notifications. The new updated WhatsApp for Android is currently accessible to download through Google Play.
The version number of the new application update is 2.12.250. This update also brings custom notification settings for individual contacts or groups. The new setting can be found in a contact’s or group’s detail page just beneath the media box. The notification setting box incorporates alternatives to quiet talk and additionally another custom notice choice. The element allows users to choose custom alternatives for tones, vibration length, popup notice, warning light, and call notice tone.
The update also brings mark as unread feature that allows users to mark a chat as unread by just tapping and holding any conversation. Notably, the mark as unread feature doesn’t switch the status for the sender and only makes changes at the receiver’s end. The feature can be useful in case where a user wants to come back to a chat at a later time.
Furthermore, WhatsApp for Android update includes low data use alternative for voice calls, which can be helpful at areas where there is restricted network. Users can pick the alternative for WhatsApp within the following location – Settings > Chats and Calls.
Other features in the update brings new emojis. Users can tap and clutch an emoji to pick an alternate shading. Some of the other additions include option to quickly message or save a contact if on WhatsApp – when someone sends a contact card. The overhaul includes support for two dialects – Urdu and Bengali.
