WhatsApp has been pushing in some seriously interesting updates from the past few months. Most of the features being clones of features from other apps like Snapchat. Apparently, after the failed attempts of acquiring Snapchat, the parent company Facebook is trying to beat Snapchat at its own game. After introducing image editing features, similar to Snapchat, WhatsApp is now preparing to release a new feature called “Status” and it’s not the Status feature we are accustomed to, it’s a new feature similar to what Snapchat offers with Stories, which Instagram too copied with the same “Stories” moniker. So, yes, Facebook is on a roll when it comes to stealing Snapchat’s features.
This new Status feature is not yet available to the stable or beta version but if you have a rooted Android device, you can easily enable this feature on your phone. Well, here are the steps to enable the new WhatsApp Status feature in Android.
Requirements:
1. Download and install the APK for the latest version of WA Tweaks.
2. Open the app and it’ll first check if you’ve got root access. Tap on grant when prompted to give root access.
3. Now, we have to just enable a few options to make the Status feature work. First, turn on the “Enable New Home UI“ option.
4. Then, open the drawer from the left and tap on “Extra”. Here, you need to tap on “Inject WhatsApp Status Chat”.
Now, you should open WhatsApp and see if it worked. If it did not, you should try it again. It will work after a few tries. If you want to get back to the usual WhatsApp interface, just disable the options in WA Tweaks.
After you’ve done creating your Status, you can select who you’d like to share your Status with. You can send it as a photo to specific groups or contacts or select My Status at the top to share it as a Status. You get full control over who can see your Status in the Status Recipients page. You can set that by tapping on the settings icon during the send to activity. You can exclude contacts if the ones you don’t want to see your Status are few or else you can select specific contacts if the ones you want to show your status are few. However, you can’t set this every time for each Status.
This new Status feature is not yet available to the stable or beta version but if you have a rooted Android device, you can easily enable this feature on your phone. Well, here are the steps to enable the new WhatsApp Status feature in Android.
Requirements:
- Rooted Android device
- WhatsApp Beta version 2.17.24 and above.
1. Download and install the APK for the latest version of WA Tweaks.
2. Open the app and it’ll first check if you’ve got root access. Tap on grant when prompted to give root access.
3. Now, we have to just enable a few options to make the Status feature work. First, turn on the “Enable New Home UI“ option.
4. Then, open the drawer from the left and tap on “Extra”. Here, you need to tap on “Inject WhatsApp Status Chat”.
Now, you should open WhatsApp and see if it worked. If it did not, you should try it again. It will work after a few tries. If you want to get back to the usual WhatsApp interface, just disable the options in WA Tweaks.
After you’ve done creating your Status, you can select who you’d like to share your Status with. You can send it as a photo to specific groups or contacts or select My Status at the top to share it as a Status. You get full control over who can see your Status in the Status Recipients page. You can set that by tapping on the settings icon during the send to activity. You can exclude contacts if the ones you don’t want to see your Status are few or else you can select specific contacts if the ones you want to show your status are few. However, you can’t set this every time for each Status.
How to Enable WhatsApp New Status Feature on Android
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