Sending photos and videos in WhatsApp will be easier

In the background is the arrival of the Community and reactions to messages, two of the most awaited features among those in the works for WhatsApp. But in the meantime, there are also minor changes in the pipeline, as also emerges from the latest version of the beta for Android, or 2.22.4.4.

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The usual WABetaInfo, digging into the app code, has found an embryonic change that will affect one of the crucial functions of the messaging service, which is the exchange of images and videos via chat. In fact, we are studying a small device related to the interface that will appear on the screen when you want to proceed with the forwarding of multimedia files (although not always, but in a specific scenario).

As you can see from the screenshot above, in the future there will be two new tabs, “Recent” and “Gallery”, which will allow you to get to the content you want to share faster. The operation is rather intuitive: in “Recent” all the photos, videos and GIFs you have recently stored appear, while in “Gallery” there will be space for all the remaining multimedia files.

Currently, the function is not yet implemented even in the beta, but as mentioned it is possible to find a trace and reconstruct its operation by analyzing the code of the latest beta. And by the way: it seems that (at least at the moment) this new selector is meant to appear only when taking a photo using the in-app camera.

Right now it is not known when the functionality will make its appearance at least in the beta, and if it will keep this form or will be modified.

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