Whatsapp email points to heart: now sends documents – Merca2.0

International .- With the new update for iOS and Android, the instant messaging service Whatsapp added a highly anticipated benefit users. Attachments

While company acquired by Facebook did not make an official announcement, the new version of WhatsApp Messenger is available for iOS and Android (2.12.453) includes a change that could mean the beginning of the end of the email.

Now, between benefits is the ability to attach files to a message (for now only pDFs), not only photos or videos. In a first stage, you can only send documents in Google Dirve, Dropbox, iCloud Drive or other similar services backup in the cloud, said TechZim.

The option was seen as a possibility in 2015, and it had been tested in one of several beta versions of the application. But it is now official and is, for instance, in updating Play Store.

How It Works

When you open a conversation with a contact (or contact group), and by making click on the clip top right, now open these six options:

1. Documents (is new)
2. Camera (photos and videos were combined into a single icon called “Camera”)
3. Gallery
4. Audio
5. Location
6. Contact

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Now the first option to send a contact is “Document”. In Camera “photo” and “video”.

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Without the upgrade, the options to attach look like this.

Important : the receiver must have the latest version of WhatsApp, or the file transfer will not work. The same system notifies the contact that you will want to send the attachment has not updated version. In the case of a group, warns who the contacts “outdated”.

Once the file has been sent, the platform shows a preview of the PDF, the number of pages and file size .

the most popular service

the latest ranking of the applications messaging mobile reach Global indicates that Whatsapp It has 900 million users.

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popular instant messaging applications. January 2016, based on the number of monthly active users (in millions). Source:. Statista

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