WhatsApp adds a quicker way to send short videos to your friends
WhatApp’s latest feature is the ability to quickly send short video messages, similar to the voice messages the service already supports. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a short clip of the feature in action, showing the circular videos sent via the feature.
According to an accompanying blog post from WhatsApp, video messages can be up to 60 seconds in length and will automatically play on mute when a recipient opens a chat. That’s in contrast to voice messages, which don’t auto-play and can be as long as you want. You can send a video message by tapping the existing voice message icon to put it into video mode.
WhatsApp has long offered the option of sending videos, but the new video message feature removes a couple of steps in the...