WhatsApp has been noticed engaged on a characteristic that can enable customers to share video and music audio whereas they’re on a name on the messaging platform. The characteristic was beforehand noticed in improvement by a characteristic tracker on iOS, and the corporate seems to be getting ready the identical performance on the Android app. Listening to video and music audio collectively will reportedly work solely when display screen sharing is energetic throughout a video name and is not supported throughout audio-only calls.
According to particulars shared by characteristic tracker WABetaInfo, the favored messaging platform owned by Meta is now growing the identical video and music audio sharing characteristic on each Android and iOS. Earlier this month, the tracker found that WhatsApp was including help for the characteristic on iOS — the event of the characteristic on Android means that customers will be capable to use the characteristic throughout platforms, when it’s ultimately rolled out.
WhatsApp hasn’t introduced a launch date for the brand new characteristic
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On the most recent WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.26.18, the characteristic tracker found that WhatsApp is engaged on the power to permit all individuals in a video name to take heed to music taking part in on one gadget. However, the characteristic remains to be in improvement, which suggests even customers who’ve signed as much as obtain beta updates can’t check out the characteristic on the present model.
It is value noting that identical to on iOS, the characteristic to share video and music audio on WhatsApp will not work on an audio-only WhatsApp name, in keeping with WABetaInfo. Meanwhile, even video calls the place the video is turned off won’t be supported, as per particulars shared by the characteristic tracker.
If this characteristic sounds acquainted, it is as a result of Apple launched an analogous characteristic referred to as SharePlay in 2021, that enables customers to look at movies and take heed to music from choose apps collectively and play video games with mates throughout a FaceTime name. It stays to be seen whether or not the video and music audio sharing characteristic on WhatsApp works with all music and video apps, when it’s rolled out to customers at a future date.
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