WhatsApp is announcing a revolutionary change to its app

Whats up announced a revolutionary change in its application. It seems that the latest news from the company has not been enough. Recently, we’ve had major changes to one of the most downloaded and used apps on the planet, and the user experience transformations aren’t over yet. After all, we are faced with a social practice that is forced to adapt to the needs of consumers. Needs that change and fluctuate with each solar cycle.

We welcome “haptic feedback”!

This big change to WhatsApp is adding what’s called “haptic feedback” within the app. What does it mean? Basically, it’s a haptic response that your own smartphone will emit to notify you of something. A warning. A vibration. Anything, anything, just be aware of an important notification or reaction from one of your friends to a message you recently sent. Are you falling already, where are we going?

In fact, emoticon responses to a message radiate this “tactile feedback” so the user knows that someone has reacted to our message. We’re currently receiving alerts as if it’s a WhatsApp message, but it’s actually an emoji response to a previously written message. Therefore, sometimes the user gets a little confused. That confusion is over. From now on we will have a slight vibration that will take us directly to the reaction and make it very clear that this is about this and not about anything else.

Will it be possible to disable it?

Apart from making the WhatsApp experience much more interactive and avoiding confusion like the ones mentioned in the previous paragraph, this app update has a tipping point with accessibility because it can be really helpful for people with some form of visual impairment. In order to correctly evaluate the reactions to your messages with emojis.

However, if you’re one of those people who prefer not to be disturbed by weird vibrations and WhatsApp notifications… Don’t worry! “Tactile feedback” is not an obligation of the app. Everything indicates that it will be possible to disable it in the settings. However, this was not confirmed. We’ll have to wait for the official app to find out. But it makes the most sense, go.