WhatsApp Desktop Link Previews Fixed, Group Polls Beta Released

WhatsApp Desktop can now generate hyperlink previews once more after WhatsApp launched a repair, a report stated. WhatsApp Desktop supported hyperlink previews however they stopped working lately attributable to some technical causes. WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp for iOS have already got these characteristic enabled. Meanwhile, WhatsApp for iOS beta customers have gotten an replace bringing group polls characteristic permitting them so as to add a brand new ballot to a gaggle. Though nonetheless beneath improvement, the characteristic makes it doable for customers so as to add as much as 12 doable choices.

The improvement concerning the WhatsApp Desktop hyperlink previews comes from a post by WABetainformation, a platform that assessments beta characteristic earlier than they’re launched to lots. As per the publish, WhatsApp has launched an replace that allows WhatsApp Desktop to generate hyperlink previews once more. This characteristic, nevertheless, isn’t obtainable on WhatsApp Web after multi-device performance was rolled out. To clear confusion between the 2, WhatsApp Desktop is a standalone app which may be put in on a Windows PC or Mac and it may be used independently. WhatsApp Web is the browser model of WhatsApp.

The group ballot options permits so as to add as much as 12 doable choices for a query
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As for the second improvement, information as soon as once more comes courtesy WABetainformation, which claims the WhatsApp for iOS 22.8.0.72 beta replace brings enhancements for the group polls characteristic. First noticed final month, the characteristic permits customers to create polls on group chats and add as much as 12 doable choices for a query. It additionally permits customers to alter the place of the choices. The characteristic is beneath improvement. It is to be famous that the group polls characteristic is at the moment obtainable in different messaging providers corresponding to Facebook Messenger, and Telegram.

As per the WhatsApp tracker, the group polls characteristic must also be protected by end-to-end encryption. This basically signifies that solely the group’s contributors are capable of see the ballot and the outcomes. It may additionally make its method to WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp Desktop.