The new beta of WhatsApp for Android has some interesting new features related to the keyboard. Partly reworked, the latter would offer, among other things, easier access to emojis.
For once, the specialized site WaBetaInfo informs us before the hour about the novelties in the making on WhatsApp. We learn this week that Meta has deployed a new beta of its messaging service on Android smartphones, version 2.23.12.8. Available via the Play Store, the latter tends to confirm that the platform will soon benefit from a partly redesigned keyboard, which will notably feature easy access to emojis.
Still in development, this novelty had been introduced for the first time in a previous beta (2.23.9.2), but this time it shows itself at a more successful stage. We discover in particular that improvements have been made to classify emojis by category, and thus facilitate the task for the user.
The WhatsApp keyboard is going to be revamped
This change involves a redesign of the keyboard on a more general level. As pointed out WaBetaInfo, the tabs allowing easy access to other functions (the selection of stickers and GIFs, in particular), have thus been moved to the top. It also seems that the buttons attached to the toolbar cat will be revamped to approach the style previewed on the desktop version of WhatsApp, or on the iOS version of the service, it reads.
It remains to be seen when these changes will be rolled out to the general public. On this point, WaBetaInfo does not yet give any details, but Meta regularly sends news to its messaging service. Recently, the group has for example deployed a new window to avoid forgetting its encryption key, but also a feature to gain confidentiality on the most sensitive exchanges. A little earlier, in April, WhatsApp had also welcomed a function inspired by Telegram: the possibility of adding animated emojis to its conversations.
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