WhatsApp adds shortcuts to quickly call a friend or family member

The platform will place icons on the device screen to speed up the process without having to enter it. (photo: iProfessional)

A new update of WhatsApp will allow users of the application set up call shortcuts for specific contacts within your devices to establish communication with them without having to enter the application, by chat or to his profile on the platform.

According to the official website of WABetaInfowho reported this new feature within the Meta app, this feature is still in the development phase. developing specifically for devices that have the Android operating system with the aim of improving your experience within the platform of messages.

The information indicated about this new beta version of WhatsApp It also includes details of how this new tool works: shortcuts can be created by clicking on the name of the person that appears in the list of contacts.

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WhatsApp develops a custom shortcut to make calls to contacts through the application.  (WABetaInfo)
WhatsApp develops a custom shortcut to make calls to contacts through the application. (WABetaInfo)

Besides, the Web page It also shows that after clicking on the contact’s name, a notification appears on the screen with the message “Shortcut call. add a shortcut call to (contact name)”, in addition to the Cancel and Add shortcut buttons. By clicking on this second option, an additional icon will be added to the home screen of the cell phone to have direct access to this function inside of the device.

This new feature within the application of messages of Goal could be helpful for people who decide to make calls through this platform steadily now contacts determined periodically, so it is not necessary to enter it to do so or search for the name of the contact each time it is necessary to make a request. call.

However, beyond the notification of creating shortcuts for calls and of the future inclusion of this feature, we have not yet been able to see the appearance of the icon shortcut and determine if it has a different style than the WhatsApp logo and includes the name of the Contact or if the icon remains the same. These details can be seen according to the function keep your course developing.

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The platform will place icons on the device screen to speed up the process without having to enter it.  REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/
The platform will place icons on the device screen to speed up the process without having to enter it. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/

In addition to this update for devices of AndroidWhatsApp is also in the midst of developing a new feature that will allow people to share statuses based on the recordings of people’s voices just as they would when sending messages audio to a person within a private conversation or group chat.

This update, which for the moment is also in the phase of developing for devices Androidconsists of the audios collected by the user being published as part of the Stories of WhatsApp and like them, users will be able to interact with that content that will be located in the central part of the screen of the device.

To check if the users of Android have access to this new update of the message platform, they must enter the editing tool state and place a new button in the shape of microphone at the bottom right of the app. This extra button only appears for people who have access to the beta version of WhatsApp which can be downloaded from the store play store.

WhatsApp will allow the publication of voice states from the application.  (WABetaInfo)
WhatsApp will allow the publication of voice states from the application. (WABetaInfo)

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The voice states have no differences from their versions of text: they can be removed before posting if the user is not comfortable with the result, they are automatically removed after posting 24 hours of publication and can be deleted prematurely.


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