These new features can come on WhatsApp, this is how they will work

Competition in the world of technology has increased to such an extent that companies do not miss the opportunity to take inspiration (copy) from the products of other companies in order to improve their products. We often see such experiments especially in social media related apps.

Now some new features have been added to the beta version of WhatsApp Android app, with the help of which you can make the pictures even better. It is worth noting that these features are already present on Snapchat and other apps. Now the user gets the ability to write and do artwork on the pictures, and the facility to use front flash.

The latest beta version of WhatsApp has released an update for its camera. If you take photos with the WhatsApp camera, a new editing tool will appear after you take a photo. The new pencil and ‘T’ buttons on the screen will allow WhatsApp users to write or draw on photos. And it will also be possible to add smileys.

Let us tell you how these features will work…

Keep in mind that these features will only work if you take photos from the camera app integrated in WhatsApp. These features will not be available with photos taken from the phone’s camera app.

Tap on the camera app visible on the edge of the ‘Type a message’ box. After this, the home page of the camera app will appear. You can take a photo with the rear camera or front camera in your phone. After taking the photo, you will see a smiley, pencil and ‘T’ button next to the crop symbol in the top corner of the picture. It is not that you can only edit the photos taken from WhatsApp’s camera app. It also provides the facility to edit photos sent by someone else on WhatsApp.

smiley icon
As soon as you tap on the smiley button, you will start seeing many smileys. Now you can choose any smiley of your choice, just have to tap on it. Now the smiley you have chosen will start appearing on the photo. You can drag this smiley to any position in the photo. If you do not like the smiley, then you will see a go back symbol. You can delete the smiley by tapping on it. And if needed, you can also choose a new smiley.

There is a ‘T’ icon to write something on the photos
The ‘T’ icon means text. Suppose you want to write something on the picture. You tap on the ‘T’ icon. After this the keyboard layout will appear. Write the text of your choice in it. You can also drag the text to your desired place. You will see a color bar on the right side. With its help, you can choose the color of your choice which will be the color of that text.

pencil icon
You can doodle using the pencil icon. There is also an option to choose a color. You can write text or doodle with the help of this tool.

Front Flash
A new front-facing flash has been introduced in beta version 2.16.264. With its help, when users try to take a selfie in low light, a white flash-like effect will appear on the screen.

Things to note
To use these features, you will have to use the beta version of WhatsApp on your phone. This means that these features are being tested, the company has not yet released them for the general user. Apart from this, to take advantage of these features, you will have to use the camera app present inside WhatsApp. It will not be possible to take advantage of this with the normal camera app present in the smartphone.