WhatsApp has rolled out its latest fully stable update for iPhone users. The update has been made available on the Apple App Store for iOS users and introduces the ability to search for messages by date. The new update also allows users to drag and drop images, videos and documents from other apps into the messaging app and share them with other WhatsApp users in chat messages. The update has started reaching some iPhone users and is expected to roll out to all users soon.
The Meta-owned instant messaging and voice-over-IP platform has rolled out the latest stable update with build number 23.1.75. apple App Store for iOS users. The latest update allows users to search and find specific messages by date in chats. Additionally, it also features drag-and-drop functionality among other apps for images, documents, and videos that the user wants to share via WhatsApp.
WhatsApp users are on iOS Previously limited to searching for messages with keywords, but that seems to have changed with the introduction of the search-by-date feature on WhatsApp for iOS. The search-by-date feature appears as a scrollable menu inside the messaging window that allows users to set the date, month, and year they want to skip.
However, the scrollable menu appears to end on the date the chat history of the particular message window begins. Hence, this feature can double up as a quick way to check and navigate the current chat history timeline in each messaging window.
The latest update also retains the introductions made in previous updates including the ability for users to hide their online status and a shortcut to send messages to themselves, opening a chat window at the top of the user’s chat list.
However, it looks like the newly introduced WhatsApp update is currently rolling out to select users on their app Store, Hence, a wider rollout can be expected in the coming days.
A Gadgets360 staff member was able to verify the date-by-search functionality on an iPhone.