In WhatsApp, you have the ability to make status updates, and they’re a great way to clue people in on what’s going on in your life. Most of your biggest fans and closest friends will want to know what you have going on, so this potential feature will be perfect for them. According to a new report, WhatsApp is testing status update notifications.
Right now, WhatsApp is testing this feature. So, you’re going to want to take this news with a grain of salt. It was discovered in the WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.24.8.13. We don’t know exactly when/if WhatsApp is going to push this feature to the public. So, we are going to have to wait to see.
WhatsApp could bring status update notifications
Right now, we are still pretty much in the dark about how this new feature could function. The folks at WABetaInfo previously discovered a feature in the WhatsApp Android beta version 2.24.6.19. This alluded to a feature that will let you manually send notifications to specified contacts when you post a status update.
In the latest beta, it appears that WhatsApp is going to further refine this feature. Looking at the screenshot below, it seems that you will receive a notification if there is an unseen status update from one of your contacts. We’re not quite sure if you will receive this notification after some time has passed since the status update. In fact, we don’t know what will trigger the notification to be sent to you.
As noted by WABetaInfo, it’s possible that you will receive notifications when one of your Favorited contacts posts a status update. So, it will be easier for you to know what’s going on in their lives. This seems like the kind of small quality-of-life change that won’t greatly affect the WhatsApp experience. However, it will definitely make it a little bit better. This is similar to the minimal aesthetic that WhatsApp is testing.
