WhatsApp rolls out a new DND API and linked devices for Android tablets for beta testers: Reports

WhatsApp is all the time including new options to its app on numerous platforms, to enhance the person expertise and add new customers to the service. Lately, the app has begun experimenting with a brand new API for Do Not Disturb mode and a brand new model for Android tablets. Right here is all the things we all know concerning the upcoming options on WhatsApp. 

WhatsApp customers might see a brand new label for calls missed attributable to DND mode

As per a report revealed by WhatsApp updates tracker WABetaInfo on November 11, 2022, sure beta testers on WhatsApp for Android(v2.22.24.17) now have entry to a brand new Do Not Disturb API. As seen within the photographs shared by the publication, the brand new function exhibits a message that reads, “Silenced by Do Not Disturb.” The function makes it simpler to grasp if customers missed a name attributable to their DND settings. 

Beforehand, if customers missed a voice or a video name attributable to DND, WhatsApp didn’t inform them explicitly. Though the function is out there to some beta testers, WhatsApp customers can examine by enabling DND on their telephone, asking their good friend to name them after which searching for the message. 

If there is a new label beneath the entry within the name log that claims “Silenced by Do Not Disturb,” the person has this function. It is very important spotlight that the function solely exhibits customers if they’ve missed a name attributable to DND mode – the caller will not know whether or not DND is enabled on customers’ units. Though the function was initially rolled out to beta testers, it ought to be obtainable for extra customers.

Android pill customers might get a devoted WhatsApp model quickly

Per one other report by WABetaInfo, the moment messaging platform is engaged on WhatsApp for Android tablets. The publication shared that WhatsApp was rolling out a model that enabled linking an Android pill to a WhatsApp account. It additionally knowledgeable that WhatsApp was creating a banner to announce the function. 

Though the banner won’t be obtainable now, WhatsApp now has a presentation display screen for WhatsApp on Android tablets. As seen within the photographs shared by the publication, the brand new presentation display screen exhibits up throughout the linked units part after a person selects the choice “linked units beta.” 

To examine whether or not customers can entry the function rolled out in WhatsApp for Android, beta v2.22.24.18, they need to obtain the most recent beta replace obtainable on the Google Play Retailer. Whether it is obtainable, a QR code display screen will present up after opening WhatsApp on a pill, scanning which customers can begin utilizing WhatsApp on their Android pill. 

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