From scheduled messages to message reactions and beyond, here are 8 new features we’d like to see WhatsApp add from other IM apps.
WhatsApp is the world’s most popular mobile messaging app. It recently crossed a landmark threshold of 100 billion messages being sent daily. The Facebook-owned platform has constantly been offering improvements and additions since its launch in the late 2000s. Between VoIP and video calls, improved privacy controls, biometric authentication, and Any.do integration, we’ve seen loads of features come to the platform in recent years. There’s plenty more the company could bring to the table, however. With that in mind, we look at a few features WhatsApp should bring over from rival messaging apps. One of the downsides to using WhatsApp is that it doesn’t officially play nicely with multiple numbers. The dual apps feature seen on devices by Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, and several other brands allows you to run two accounts on one phone, but it’s not a particularly elegant solution. Telegram has native support for multiple numbers though, allowing you to have up to three accounts on one app. We’d definitely like to see this feature implemented in an official capacity on WhatsApp as well. Signal is one of the few mobile messaging apps that give you your own space to create notes, save URLs, and more. Dubbed “Note to Self,” this looks just like any other contact in your list. However, it is reserved for your own notes. In a sensible touch, notes are synchronized with linked devices too. See more: Signal: What is it and why is everyone talking about it? You could technically replicate the feature by creating a group with someone else and then kicking the contact out, leaving you as the sole member.
