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WhatsApp latest features enable fingerprint lock, picture-in-picture & more: Here's what you should know

Facebok owned WhatsApp has now come up with new features which will be available on mobile as well as web version too. The features include  fingerprint lock, audio picker, private reply, picture-in-picture and third-party keyboard stickers integration.

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Facebok owned WhatsApp has now come up with new features which will be available on mobile as well as web version too. The features include  fingerprint lock, audio picker, private reply, picture-in-picture and third-party keyboard stickers integration.

Here's a brief description of what new features are. Take a look...

Picture in picture 

Picture in picture feature will allow users to watch videos shared from YouTube and other platforms without leaving Whatsapp. 


Fingerprint authentication

This authentication system will let you lock the entire app rendering the third-party locking apps irrelevant. 

In addition, a new feature within the same is also under developments, report say. This will let users to block specific sections of WhatsApp, and it is said to be under development.


3D Touch support in Status

This new feature will help you read and view the status of your contacts without letting them know. 


Reply privately in group chats

This feature which help you send private reply to group members without the need to add them in contact lits. 

Audio picker

Audio picker will let users see any kind of album art along with the audio files, along with previewing the file before it is shared. As per the reports, the audio picker feature is being beta tested for Android.


Third-party stickers integration in keyboard

Integration of stickers in the keyboard from third-party apps is also underway and it is being said that it will enable WhatsApp to read and send stickers which can be accessed through other keyboards.


Show in Chat button

This new twist in the app will introduce a new button – ‘Show in Chat’ in the Shared Media menu. Clicking the said button will let users jump to the point in the chat where the image was originally shared; this feature is currently under development as well.

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