Alert for BILLIONS of WhatsApp users – eight huge changes coming soon

WHATSAPP is working on eight big changes to the app – including a major tweak to voice notes.

If you're a regular WhatsApp user, you'll want to know about all of the latest updates.

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regularly adds new features, but they're tested in the "beta" app first.

You can join this for free, and it'll give you hints about what's coming up.

The sleuths at have mined this app to uncover some big changes coming up.

Some of them are available to try in the beta right now, while others are still "under development".

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Here are the eight changes...

• WhatsApp is adding waveforms for voice notes
• A new footer explaining encryption to chatters
• A rich preview when sharing links to text status updates
• Admin delete that lets group leaders remove messages for everyone
• An official WhatsApp chat for announcing features, tips and tricks
• Quick reactions to WhatsApp statuses
• A reaction preview within the chat list when receiving reactions
• A bug fix for the catch-up button on WhatsApp for Android

If you want to try all of the latest WhatsApp features first, follow our guide below.

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How to get WhatsApp beta

To download WhatsApp beta for your smartphone you need to go to  Play on your Android and search for WhatsApp.

Scroll down the page until you see "Become a Beta Tester".

Tap the "I'm In" button and then click "Join" to confirm.

Now all you have to do is wait for the update to the beta version of the app.

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Joining the WhatsApp beta on iOS for iPhone is more difficult, and has limited capacity.

Follow Apple’s guide .

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