On the other hand, users wishing to avoid video previews in their notifications bar on lock screens will be able to customise their notification settings from the app. The video preview option is only available for users on WhatsApp beta version 2.18.102.5. Ive read that if you cant see his profile picture that means you are blocked, but he never had one so this isnt an indicator here. To sum it up, the new WhatsApp feature allows users to get a video preview in push notifications, which makes them able to viewing video messages even from lock screens of their smartphones. 'Last seen' status of a contact not updating, am I blocked The 'Last seen' status of one of my contacts is more than 2 weeks old. Moreover, users won’t have to worry about the blue ticks showing on the senders' screen.
Once the new WhatsApp feature is rolled out, users will be able to check all kind of messages directly from the notification bar without the need to going into the app or changing their last seen. For the unknown, users are currently able to see text messages and photos via the notification bar, however, with the video preview option added to the list, WhatsApp might be expecting that users will be able to consume their chats in a better way.Ĭurrently, WhatsApp users have to open the app in order to check the video messages received on the chats and this would generally change the last seen if you are just checking the WhatsApp messages. WhatsApp has been launching back-to-back features in order to improve the user experience on its platform and while we just received the image preview features on WhatsApp, a report says that the Facebook-owned platform might be launching a new WhatsApp feature which let users preview videos in the notifications bar.Īccording to a post by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is rolling out the possibility to view videos directly in the push notification for any iOS beta user having the 2.18.102.5 version installed! It will be available soon for App Store users.