WhatsApp Video Messages Users Disable Feature
WhatsApp has recently unveiled an innovative feature, christened ‘Instant WhatsApp Video Messages, ‘ which revolutionizes sending and receiving concise video messages. This feature mirrors the mechanics of sharing voice messages and empowers users to dispatch succinct video missives at the mere press of a virtual button.
User Concerns
However, this functionality appears to have stirred some consternation among users due to its shared usage with the button designated for audio messages. Consequently, users have lamented inadvertently transmitting video messages instead of intended audio notes. Fortunately, WhatsApp has been receptive to user feedback and is presently in the throes of assessing a means to deactivate this feature’s operation.
WhatsApp Video Messages Beta Update
Per an illuminating report by WABetaInfo, the most recent iteration of WhatsApp’s beta version incorporates a toggle mechanism, affording users the expeditious ability to suspend the ‘Instant WhatsApp Video Messages’ attribute. Upon deactivation, the microphone icon, conventionally nestled at the screen’s lower-right extremity, reverts to its default functionality, facilitating the seamless exchange of voice notes. It’s important to note that deactivating this toggle does not impede others from dispatching video messages your way.
How to Deactivate Instant Video Messages
To effectuate the deactivation of ‘Instant WhatsApp Video Messages,’ initiate WhatsApp and navigate to the upper-right corner, wherein a trifecta of dots beckons your attention. Next, traverse to the ‘Settings’ sub-menu within the app and proceed to the ‘Chats’ section. Within this domain, you will discover a toggle aptly christened ‘Instant Video Messages.’ Flipping this switch will promptly render the feature inert.
Presently, ‘Instant Video Messages’ extends its dominion exclusively to WhatsApp aficionados utilizing version 23.18.1.70 on iOS and version 2.23.18.21 on Android. Its incorporation into the stable version looms on the horizon, promising its eventual ubiquity, albeit not without the sands of time elapsing before the toggle graces your mobile device.
Conclusion
In the antecedent month, WhatsApp ushered in a slew of novel functionalities, including the inception of nameless groups and the fortification of screen-sharing capabilities during video-conferencing engagements.