WhatsApp becomes YouTube and Facebook with this new video function in chats – Publimetro México

WhatsApp continues to incorporate a universe of functions, which make the application transform into something very different from the messaging service that we knew in January 2009. From the Meta laboratories they have added a new video option that makes it look very similar to YouTube already Facebook.

The content experts of WhatsApp, WA Beta Infopublish on their website the experience they had with this function, which they classify as the best application news of the week.

After using the new version of WhatsApp, which is still in Beta mode, that is, in test mode, they noticed that it will now have floating video playback. This is a function that we have been seeing on Facebook for years and that now comes to the service. Messenger service.

This modification to the messaging service completely changes the way videos are played within WhatsApp. Now you will be able to view content without losing the opportunity to interact via chat, through text messages, while you view the material.

“WhatsApp is exploring additional features to further improve the video viewing experience, such as improving multitasking while watching videos. Thanks to the latest WhatsApp beta update for iOS 24.7.10.73, which is available in the TestFlight app, we discovered that WhatsApp is now working on a picture-in-picture feature for videos,” they explained.

The other of the two options that WhatsApp will eventually be available to all users in the world is to fast forward or rewind the videos.

Just as it appears on YouTube, WhatsApp users will be able to go 10 seconds forward or 10 back by double-clicking on the right or left of their screens.

“This feature was designed to offer users a tool to quickly forward and rewind videos by double-tapping the edge of a video, improving navigation and providing greater control over video playback,” they explain from WA Beta Info.