WhatsApp for iOS Now Supports Live Photos Sharing

WhatsApp has confirmed the introduction of Live Photos support on iPhones running its encrypted chat platform, allowing users to send and receive images captured in the format.

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Introduced in 2015, Apple's Live Photos capture 1.5 seconds of video and audio before and after you take a picture, with the aim of adding a little bit of life and movement to still images.

In a blog post on Monday rounding up its recent feature additions, Meta-owned WhatsApp listed support for Live Photos on iOS, as well as Motion Photos – the equivalent format on Android.

When a Live Photo appears in a WhatsApp conversation, the familiar Live Photo symbol appears in the top-left corner of the preview image. Tapping the image plays the related clip as well as accompanying audio.

Among the other features recently added, you can now use Meta AI to design custom chat themes and generate unique video call backgrounds, or add AI-powered backdrops to photos and videos in chats. In addition, finding a group chat has become easier – you can now search for a contact in your Chats tab, and WhatsApp will show the groups you share.

The new features are said to have been added to the app "over the past few months," so if any don't appear for you, make sure you're running the latest version of WhatsApp.

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theadz01 Avatar
3 weeks ago
Could Whatapp also update the notifications on the Apple Watch, so when a photo is received it isn't just a blur?
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Reeneman Avatar
3 weeks ago
10 years after apple introduced the live pictures. Thanks Meta ?
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Asthmatic Kitty Avatar
3 weeks ago
Hell hath frozen over
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wanha Avatar
3 weeks ago
It took Meta 15 years to create an iPad app for Instagram.

It took Meta 10 years to add support for Live Photos in WhatsApp.

Don't look now, but the next long over due Meta feature might only take 5 years
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n-evo Avatar
3 weeks ago
Would be nice if we could actually select the new notification sounds too or at the least a custom one from file like Signal.
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GoodTimeNotALongTime Avatar
3 weeks ago
I detest Meta as much as the next person. But anyone suggesting that Messages in any way is competition for WhatsApp is kidding themselves. It pains me to say it but WhatsApp is far superior.
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