WhatsApp for Android Now Previews Text You Share From Third-Party Apps

WhatsApp for Android Now Previews Text You Share From Third-Party Apps: It's no longer news that with a third party app, WhatsApp for Android now previews text you share with two or more of your contacts. The giant social network has upgraded it's features to include a preview for texts you share with your contacts, this new development is similar to how the messaging app previews media or conversations forwarded to two or more chats.


Although still available as Android beta version 2.18.366. However, the upgraded multi-share feature is projected to certainly hit the stable channel shortly. In addition to this feature, WhatsApp is said to have built a new GIF search interface as well as a feature to let you search your favourite stickers easily and several other features are promised to come with a future version of WhatsApp for Android.
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As stated earlier, we shared that WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.18.366 have an upgraded multi-share feature that allows you see the preview of the text you're about to share with two or more of your contacts from any third-party apps which uses the traditional sharing feature of Android. With this feature, you'll see the text in a simple form, if it's a message or if you're forwarding a URL from Twitter, YouTube, or other Web services, you will see a link preview. The architecture of this feature is mainly based on how WhatsApp was previously spotted previewing the text of a message or media you forward to multiple users. It is to be noted that the original forward preview feature is yet to debut on a stable WhatsApp version as it was found on the WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.18.325.

To use this preview feature, you need to hit the Share button on any of the third-party apps as it will only be available when sharing chats, it will emerge on the screen once you hit the send button after selecting at least two of your contacts and if you're sharing a URL directly from apps such as Twitter or YouTube, you'll see the link preview.
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As stated, the main motive of previewing the text before sharing with others is to give people a quick hint of what content they're exactly sharing through WhatsApp. This attempt is seen as a way of curbing the circulation of fake news through the chat app to some extent, since links directing peopleto the source of the info will be previewed alongside the text. If you wish to check out this new feature, you need to download the WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.18.366 which is available through Google Play Beta programme. Alternatively, you can download its APK file directly from APK Mirror.

This latest feature was reported by WABetaInfo through a tweet stating the latest multi-share upgrade and additionally, it was revealed that WhatsApp is working on a new GIF search interface that will make searching and sharing your favourite GIFs easier. WhatsApp keeps getting better with newly introduced feature to make chatting and conversations between peers easier, we hope they keep it up and stays on top of their game. Kindly share this guide with your friends and trust us to keep you informed about other developments on the platform.


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