WhatsApp Will Present New Features That Users Are Waiting For, What Are They?

Meta is currently working on a new feature for WhatsApp application users. (photo: dock. WABetaInfo)

JAKARTA - In an effort to further improve the user experience, Meta is currently working on a new feature for WhatsApp application users.

One of them is the ability to transcribe audio messages into text or voice memo transcriptions. As a result, users who don't like listening to audio messages can easily read the message content as plain text.

This feature is currently under development and is only available in the latest WhatsApp beta update for iOS version 23.3.0.73.

The application will identify what is said in the message to convert the audio content to text. Since this is an early beta, there are some limitations that the feature can't do.

For example, transcription is unavailable when no words are identified or when the voice message is in a language other than the language set for transcription.

On the other hand, all transcripts will be processed on the device and will not be uploaded to WhatsApp or Apple's servers, which is a huge advantage in terms of privacy.

Users must also download the required language pack to use the feature. Currently, only the beta version of WhatsApp for iPhone has a transcription feature, and it's unclear when it will be coming to the Android app.

WhatsApp is not the originator of the voice memo transcription feature. As for Telegram, one of WhatsApp's main competitors at the moment, already offers audio and video transcription.

However, in this case, the feature is only available to Telegram Premium subscribers. On WhatsApp, the voice memo transcription feature is free for everyone.

Furthermore, WhatsApp is also working on a feature where users can send high-quality photos. The WhatsApp application is known for always compressing photos when users send them to other users. So this feature has been eagerly awaited by users.

This feature will introduce two options that users can use to send photos, namely Standard quality or HD quality. Both options are clearly user-friendly to send high-quality photos as compared to the default option which compresses them first.

Currently, this feature is still under development and available in WhatsApp beta for Android. It should also be noted that users will still be able to send compressed images even after Meta rolls out this feature to everyone.

The feature will be useful for users who want to save space, and it is planned to be set as the default option. This was quoted from various sources, Tuesday, February 14.