WhatsApp will gain new options for text formatting; see how it will work

WhatsApp is evolving three new options for formatting text added to messages, will soon join the bold, italic and strikethrough features. Discovered by additional tools WABetaInfo this Monday (21), in beta version of the desktop program.

One of the tested functions is the “Code blocking” function, which aims to appeal to a specific target audience of the messenger. Thanks to him it will be possible Share lines of code within WhatsApp without losing the original formattingmakes them easy to see.

The innovation promises to be useful mainly for programmers and other technologists who use Meta’s service to share code snippets. However, the app fixes the “breaking” of lines of code that normally occurs when attaching them to a message.

Another text formatting tool under development by WhatsApp, create a list of items. In this case, the messenger promises to make creating lists within a message easier and more intuitive; this is something that is already possible to do in other ways.

Quote enhancements

Finally, the third innovation tested in the messaging application includes improvements in the price offer option. Unlike the functionality currently available, the update will make it possible to highlight a specific excerpt from the original text to which the given answer refers..

This improvement can be very useful in group chats with many users or even in individual chats where there is often longer exchange of messages. However, you avoid losing the context or relevant information of a particular discussion.

It is not yet known when the new WhatsApp text formatting tools will be available to everyone in the stable version of the messenger. For now, they are being tested on WhatsApp for desktop beta, but should also have access to the app for Android and iOS.