WhatsApp for Android Beta 2.24.10.23

 WhatsApp for Android Beta 2.24.10.23 : New Features

WhatsApp is available for Android, iPhone / iOS and Windows & Mac. WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging service, so those devices can all message each other. Because WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan which you use for email and web browsing, there is no cost to message and staying in touch with your friends. In addition to basic messaging WhatsApp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages.  WhatsApp Beta for Android lets you enjoy the latest additions to the messaging service before they hit the final release on the Google Play Store. WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.24.10.23. The latest Beta adds the long awaited Dark Theme feature. WhatsApp is rolling out a feature to offer new sticker creation shortcuts, and it’s available to some beta testers! More details about this latest update given in the description below.

WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.10.23 is marked as a compatible update, but some users may be able to experiment with the same feature by installing the previous update. This feature is available to some beta testers, and it is rolling out to more users over the coming days. In the WhatsApp beta for iOS 24.9.10.74 update, WhatsApp rolled out a feature to offer new sticker creation shortcuts. Through this enhancement, WhatsApp aimed to better elevate the sticker creation process, particularly enhancing user accessibility and efficiency. It appears that WhatsApp now intends to offer Android users the same opportunity to enjoy the enhanced sticker creation experience by implementing similar shortcuts and functionalities in the Android version. After installing the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.10.23 update, which is available on the Google Play Store, we discovered that WhatsApp is also rolling out the sticker creation shortcuts on the Android app!

Features 

Set a profile photo which will be shown to all your contacts

Enjoy group conversations with your contacts. Add or Remove group participants, change group subject and set a group icon.

Just like there is no added cost to send an international email, there is no cost to send WhatsApp messages internationally. Chat with your friends all over the world as long as they have WhatsApp Messenger installed and avoid those pesky international SMS costs.

Your Address Book is used to automatically connect you with your contacts. Your contacts who already have WhatsApp Messenger will be automatically displayed under Favourites, similar to a buddy list.

Once you and your friends download the application, you can use it to chat as much as you want. Send a million messages a day to your friends for free! WhatsApp uses your Internet connection: Edge/3G/4G or Wi-Fi when available.

No more confusion about getting logged off from another computer or device. With push notifications WhatsApp is always on and always connected.

Why even bother having to remember yet another PIN or username? WhatsApp works with your phone number, just like SMS would, and integrates flawlessly with your existing phone address book.

Share location and places, Exchange contacts, Custom wallpaper, Custom notification sounds, Landscape mode, Message timestamps, Email chat history, Broadcast messages and media to many contacts at once and much much more.

Send Video, Images, and Voice notes to your friends and contacts.

Even if you miss your push notifications or turn off your iPhone, WhatsApp will save your messages offline until you retrieve them during the next application use.

WhatsApp is now separating the usual sticker creation tool from the AI-based sticker creation feature. As occurred on the iOS app, eligible users who could create AI-generated stickers were able to access it through the same entry point used to create personalized stickers from their photo library. This might have led to some confusion as the option to create AI-powered stickers was not immediately visible, and users had to choose between these two options through a pop-up alert. It’s important to note that the ability to generate AI-powered stickers is still limited to some users in certain countries. As a result, this new entry point may not be accessible to all users. The new entry point to create AI-powered stickers adds a layer of convenience to the user experience. Thanks to the latest update, the ability to generate AI-powered stickers is promptly visible within the sticker keyboard, ensuring widespread awareness of this feature. This is also a simplification of the process to create stickers and it introduces distinct entry points for personalized stickers and AI-generated ones. This change helps users save time by skipping the step to choose the mode for generating a new sticker. A feature to offer new sticker creation shortcuts is available to some beta testers who install the latest updates of WhatsApp beta for Android from the Google Play Store, and it is rolling out to even more people in the near future.

Earlier Chat Lock was introduced to help people protect their more sensitive conversations. And now we are launching secret code, an additional way to protect those chats and make them harder to find if someone has access to your phone or you share a phone with someone else. With a secret code you'll now be able to set a unique password different from what you use to unlock your phone to give your locked chats an extra layer of privacy. You'll have the option to hide the Locked Chats folder from your chatlist so that they can only be discovered by typing your secret code in the search bar. If that doesn't suit your needs, you can still choose to have them appear in your chatlist. Whenever there's a new chat which you want to lock, you can now long press to lock it rather than visiting the chat's settings.

On Android and iPhone, you can turn on the chat lock feature to password protect your most personal chats. In order to read or send messages, you'll need to unlock your chats using device authentication, such as your phone passcode, Face ID or fingerprint. These chats will be kept separate from your other chats in a Locked chats folder. 

When chats are locked, the notification content and contact are hidden. The notification will show as WhatsApp: 1 new message. 

To help keep media private, you'll have to turn chat lock off to save media to your phone's gallery.

Group chats and muted chats can also be locked.

Calls won't be locked. A call from a locked chat contact or group will still appear.

When you turn on chat lock from your phone, it will lock chats on that phone only. If you have other devices linked to WhatsApp, such as a desktop computer, the chats on those linked devices won't be locked.

If you use the backup and restore feature on WhatsApp, your locked chats will still be locked once you restore to a new phone. To access your locked chats you will need to have device authentication (fingerprint or Face ID) set up first.

When you turn on chat lock, the person you're chatting with won't know you've locked the chat.

If you want to lock an archived chat, you'll need to release from archive first, then lock it.

Turn on chat lock

You can turn chat lock off or on within the chat's info for each chat you want to lock. If you don't have your device authentication set up yet, such as your phone passcode, fingerprint or Face ID, you'll be prompted to set it up before locking a chat.

How to turn on chat lock:

Tap chat info > Chat lock.

Tap Lock this chat with fingerprint or Lock This Chat with Face ID.

Tap View to see the chat in the Locked chats folder.

View your locked chats

You can view your locked chats in the Locked chats folder.

How to view your locked chats:

Go to the Chats tab and swipe down.

Tap the Locked chats folder.

Confirm your Face ID or touch the fingerprint sensor to unlock.

Tap the chat to view or send a message.

Turn off chat lock

You can turn off chat lock in the chat's info.

How to turn off chat lock:

Tap chat info > Chat lock.

Toggle off and confirm your fingerprint or Face ID.

We introduced View Once for photos and videos back in 2021 to add another layer of privacy to your messages. Now you can now send a voice message that will disappear once listened to. For reading out your credit card details to a friend, or when you're planning a surprise, you can now also share sensitive information over voice message with added peace of mind. For consistency with View Once photos and videos, View Once voice messages are clearly marked with the "one-time" icon and can only be played one time. As with all your personal messages, WhatsApp protects your voice messages with end-to-end encryption by default, and View Once is just another example of our continued privacy innovation. View Once voice messages are rolling out globally over the coming days.