New!! Whatsapp Launches New ‘status’ Feature For Sharing Videos And Photos

WhatsApp Launches New ‘Status’ Feature for Sharing Videos and Photos That Expire After 24 Hours.

The company has re-invented the status tool – which until now has only offered the option to put a piece of 
 text next to your name, like “at the gym” – so that it takes one of Snapchat’s most central and celebrated features. And it is just the latest Facebook company to do so – with everything from Instagram to 
 Facebook’s own app taking its competitors innovations.

People will now be able to share photos and videos as “statuses”, in a similar way to how stories work on 

Snapchat and now Instagram. Rather than simply posting text, they will be able to add pictures that will show for all their friends – until they are automatically deleted.

Jam Koum, WhatsApp’s founder and boss, said that it had been working to improve the status feature ever since it was first introduced in 2009. The app was actually created as a way of posting these statuses – so that you could let all your friends and contacts know what you’re up to – and has had them ever since, despite company looking to improve them.