Late last year, Facebook started rolling out coloured statuses on its
Android app that allowed users to write their status update with a colourful
background, font, and emoji combination. Now, the same feature has been spotted
on WhatsApp as well, and while currently it's in beta, it
can be expected to arrive for all users soon.
Android Police was first tipped about
this feature, and it is showing up in Android beta version 2.17.291. The report
states that even though you might be on this latest version on the WhatsApp
Android beta app, it is possible that you may not see this feature. It is
presumably a server side switch from WhatsApp's end, so only select users are
seeing it now even in beta. We can't see it either. In any case, few users are
now seeing a floating pen icon in the Status tab at the bottom of the screen,
right above the camera icon. Clicking on the pen icon brings up the option to
type a status, choose a font, emoji, and the background colour as well.
When you're done writing the status and making the necessary
changes, you can then hit the green arrow key to send the text status, just like
how you send media content now. The status will then be published on WhatsApp
for all your contacts to see.
The revamped WhatsApp
Status feature was launched in February, and has managed
to achieve more than 250 million daily active users in
such a short span, much more than what Snapchat itself
enjoys currently.
You can check if you're seeing this coloured text status
feature by enrolling yourself for the Android beta program, and updating to the latest
version. Alternatively, you can download the latest APK Mirror
from here.
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