The Facebook-owned messaging app, WhatsApp had resolutely resisted the gif invasion till date, however, WhatsApp for iOS’ latest beta release (v2.16.7.1) is now doing the rounds, and apart from numerous bug fixes and improvements, it brings support for auto playing gif images. Support for sharing animated images will certainly be a welcome feature addition for its users. As of now, it is unclear when Gif image support will roll out to users of the general release, or when it will be released on devices running on Android. The changes in the latest beta release of WhatsApp for iOS were reported by @WABetaInfo, which diligently tracks beta releases of the app.
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Apart from the Gif image support, we had recently reported how Freecharge had recently announced that users can now use its Chat n Pay facility to pay using WhatsApp. The procedure of using it is the users will have to go to Freecharge on WhatsApp, on the Freecharge Menu of their Android phone and click Enable. This will give them access to enable Freecharge in accessibility settings, then open WhatsApp and type in the amount followed by FC, for example 100F, and the transfer’s will be done.
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WhatsApp had also made headlines earlier when the question of fingerprint scanning security measure was considered for the messaging app. The Facebook-owned chat app relies on third-party app-protection providers or Android’s native password security. Relying on third party apps for protecting WhatsApp chats is not the correct solution to this problem, and that too at a time when almost every day we come across news of hackers hijacking apps to steal data.