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Saturday, June 9, 2018

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Whatsapp Forward Label

Whatsapp Forward Label
June 09, 20180 Comments


WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.18.179 has been updated with a new feature that labels forwarded messages. It is currently available for WhatsApp beta testers on Android with a wider availability expected soon. The Forwarded messages features essentially labels the messages that the users forwards as ‘Forwarded’. It works for text and media, which includes photos and videos.

Users can join the beta program on Google Play Store for WhatsApp, and the latest features in testing, including ‘Forwarded label’ will be available for them. WhatsApp ‘Forwarded label’ was first spotted in March this year by WABetaInfo for Android beta version 2.18.67. WhatsApp ‘Forwarded label’ will be helpful in identifying spam messages that get circulated on the platform.
WhatsApp users can select a message sent by a contact and forward it to another contact within the app to see the new ‘Forwarded’ label. It will appear right on top of the message that has been forwarded. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a way to disable or remove the ‘Forwarded’ label. However, users can copy and paste a message to let go of the ‘Forwarded’ label. Media can be attached and uploaded to a chat directly from the phone’s gallery. In this case also, the ‘Forwarded’ label will not show.
WhatsApp, which is one of the largest messaging apps globally with 1.2 billion users, recently rolled out a new Predicted Upload feature for Android and iOS. With WhatsApp Predicted Upload, users can reportedly select up to 12 photos to upload to the app’s server in advance. The feature essentially ensures that photos are sent to a chat more quickly.
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Instagram might soon let you post videos up to an hour long

Instagram might soon let you post videos up to an hour long
June 09, 20180 Comments



Instagram is considering doing away with video length constraints, according to The Wall Street Journal, which tonight published a report about “a new feature” that would let users post long-form clips of up to an hour. That would open new creative flexibility for users and bring Instagram closer in line with YouTube and its own parent company, Facebook. The plan is described as tentative, so Instagram could ultimately decide against radically extending the maximum running time of videos on its platform.

The new feature “will focus on vertical video” according to the Journal. Instagram Stories are already designed around that tall, vertical video format, and the report doesn’t clarify whether longer videos would be allowed only in that section of the app or also permitted in the main feed. At present, Instagram Stories are limited to a length of 15 seconds; videos in the main feed can run a little longer at 60 seconds.

The Stories feature had over 300 million daily active users as of last November. Instagram itself has over 800 million users. The company has “in recent weeks” held discussions with potential partners (content creators and publishers) about the possibility of producing longer-form video.

Instagram hasn’t confirmed this update, and WSJ said, “The people said the plans are tentative and subject to change.” If it is real, we don’t know when it will come out. But it will certainly be interesting.
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