Thanks to the usual WaBetaInfo portal, we learn of a further novelty, still in the testing phase, introduced in WhatsApp Beta: the popular messaging app could soon allow users to share huge multimedia files.
This feature comes at the end of a fairly busy week for the WhatsApp development team that has released the multi-device without a connected smartphone for everyone, has introduced new preview features (such as the ability to change the language of the application) and has improved some already in the works for some time (such as reactions, or further implementations of indicators related to end-to-end cryptography).
WhatsApp Beta: in test, the sending of media files up to 2 GB
According to what has been reported, WhatsApp could soon increase the limit size of multimedia files (documents, photos, videos) that can be shared within chats to 2 GB, making the app a real alternative for immediate file transfer. The step forward would be huge since the maximum size is currently set at 100MB (which is 20 times less).
Although the new limit was spotted on the 22.7.0.76 version of WhatsApp Beta for iOS (image below), this would also appear to be available in the Android counterpart, with versions 2.22.8.5, 2.22.8.6 and 2.22.8.7 marked as compatible with functionality.
When will this news arrive on WhatsApp?
The novelty in question is currently being tested in Argentina and is limited to a small number of beta testers. We don’t even know if WhatsApp plans to extend this feature to more markets or to more testers in the future; the development team may also decide to take a step back, and leave the size limit for shareable media files at 100MB.
Although the news is limited to Argentine beta testers, for those who want to try out all the news of WhatsApp for Android, we recommend that you sign up for the Beta Program (you can find the page dedicated to the program by following this link). If the Beta Program is temporarily full, it is still possible to proceed with the manual installation of the related APK files, which can be downloaded from the APK Mirror portal (whose dedicated page can be reached by following this link).
We will continue to carefully follow further developments relating to this feature and will not fail to update you on all the other news being worked on by the WhatsApp development team.