

The number of parts it is split into indicates the number of statuses that person has put. If a contact puts up more than one Status update in a day, those statuses will appear consecutively under the same contact name. In the ‘Status’ section in the middle, you can view any updates being put by your contacts. Two new columns shape the entire new update. The ‘Calls’ section has been moved to the extreme right. The ‘Chat’ section has been shifted to the left and works just as before. In the WhatsApp ‘Status’ update, the columns have been rearranged to include a column wholly dedicated to the Statuses being put by your contacts. To view anyone’s text-based Status, you could swipe to the Contacts list. Three columns were placed from left to right, namely ‘Calls’, ‘Chats’ and ‘Contacts’. Let us remember the older WhatsApp version for a minute. Also read: WhatsApp Reaches 200 Million Monthly Active Users in India How does it work? If you want to be in people’s eyes, you have to post regular Status updates, a fresh one daily. This new feature will not allow you to be dormant and still be visible on the platform. Remember how you used to put up a cool single-liner as a Status and then forget about it. The fun part about it is that these Statuses will last for only 24 hours and then be removed automatically. WhatsApp’s latest feature allows users to put up a Status in the form of an Image, GIF or a Video. Here we decode the latest feature for you: What is ‘Status’? With all the internet buzz around the feature, people are left wondering about the concept of ‘Status’. On its 8th birthday in early February, Whatsapp introduced a new feature by the name of ‘Status’. With over a Billion monthly active user base, Whatsapp is easily the world’s biggest instant messaging platform.
