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WhatsApp Looks Set to Get New 'Change Number' Feature; Live Location Feature Spotted Again

WhatsApp Looks Set to Get New 'Change Number' Feature; Live Location Feature Spotted Again 5zr3d

By Tasneem Akolawala | Updated: 17 April 2017 12:12 IST

Photo Credit: WABetaInfo 12613u

Highlights

This will help s transition to a new number on WhatsApp easily
The new feature is being tested on the Windows app for now
It sends a notification to all group chats automatically

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WhatsApp is testing a new feature that could make life less painful when changing your number. As your recently introduced by both Facebook and Google will make its way to WhatsApp soon.

The new Change Number feature was found by WhatsApp beta tracker @WABetaInfo in beta version 2.17.130 for Windows Phone or Windows 10 Mobile s, and it enables you to notify all your s about the number change at once. The new Change Number feature allows you to change your number on WhatsApp without losing your chats and group data, and also lets you notify s about the change. There are three options you can choose for this feature - share the new number with all of your s, or only to those s you have chats with, or you can also decide not to out your new number to any of your s at all. This feature will send notifications to all your groups automatically, regardless of which option you choose.

As mentioned, this welcome change is being tested on Windows for now, and you'll have to be on the beta version to experience it. It's worth noting that while beta allows you to use new features before everyone else, there's also a chance that it doesn't work as optimally as the stable version. There's no word on the feature's commercial availability as of now, but now that it's being tested, it should arrive on stable versions soon.

Coming to the Live Location sharing feature, @WABetaInfo first showed up in the betas for Android (v2.16.399) and iPhone (v2.17.3.28( back in January, which featured an option to turn location sharing on as a broadcast - enabling s to see each other on a map.

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