San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a brand new characteristic referred to as — ‘standing archive’ for companies to beta tester on Android.
According to WABetaInfo, the standing updates shall be archived on customers’ gadgets after 24 hours when the characteristic is enabled.
In addition, customers may also handle their archive preferences and see their archive straight from the menu inside the Status tab.
As the archive is all the time non-public, solely the companies can see their archived standing updates.
Moreover, the report mentioned that this characteristic may very well be very helpful for companies as it is going to permit them to republish a standing from their archive and share it with their prospects once more as a way to enhance their enterprise.
The standing updates shall be saved on the machine for as much as 30 days, and companies will nonetheless be capable of create commercials for Facebook or Instagram or share the standing updates till they expire within the archive.
Currently accessible to beta testers, the report talked about the brand new characteristic will grow to be accessible to extra customers within the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, WhatsApp is reportedly engaged on a brand new characteristic referred to as — ‘WhatsApp usernames’, which is able to let customers select distinctive usernames for his or her accounts.
With this characteristic, customers will be capable of go for a singular and memorable username, as an alternative of relying solely on telephone numbers to determine contacts.
