The Snapchat phenomenon and the frustrated purchase by Facebook led to the integration of the short and temporary clip format in the main apps of what is now called Meta. Thus, WhatsApp integrated the well-known “states” a few years ago and now wants no one stop seeing them everywhere.
And it is that, several weeks ago we knew indications that WhatsApp wants to make its states more visible and accessible. In its latest beta, both Android and iOS, you can already see evidence of how these will even appear in the chat list.
WhatsApp statuses in the purest Instagram style
Who uses Instagram daily, will already know that the Stories are highly protagonists. These not only appear in their corresponding section at the top of the main tab, but you can also see who uploaded a Storie from your own profile or in the main panel of direct messages. WhatsApp wants to follow this formula.
WhatsApp statuses in the list of chats on Android and iOS
Thus, as we can see in the screenshots of WaBetInfo, we will see that the main chat panel is also flooded with statuses. Those people who appear in this section and who have uploaded content to their status in the last 24 hours, will have a circle around your profile picture as an indicator. To see it we can go to the section of state as always or, in a more comfortable way, click directly on the photo to see it.
It can be said that has not yet arrived officially. And although it is true that being in beta it is not guaranteed that it will arrive in a future update, it is more than predictable that it will end up being that way in the coming weeks or months.
Be that as it may, it seems clear that WhatsApp wants make their states more popular. If it is well or badly received by the great masses, that is another thing. And it is that, despite the popularity of this format, there may be those who get tired. And more in view of the fact that even Amazon wants to integrate this type of content into its applications.
Via | WaBetaInfo
