WhatsApp continues change for the better. The platform recently introduced themes that allow you to change the appearance of the entire app and our chats. However, not all the changes that WhatsApp will bring will be aesthetic, the platform wants to make our lives easier when sending files and photos.

The latest finding in the WhatsApp beta reveals a small but important change. The company is planning separate the buttons with which we access the file sending function. In this way, we can send the photo we want to share faster with fewer touches on the screen.

One button for everything in WhatsApp: This is how the bar changes to enter text in chats

This change in the WhatsApp interface promises that sending photos and files through the application will be both faster and faster. the application will have a better organization of icons. The change will be in the text entry bar, that is, in the bar where we write all our messages before sending them.

So far the text bar in WhatsApp for Android consists of the following buttons: emoji send button, clip-shaped button used to send files and access more functions, camera access button and button-shaped microphone used to send audio messages.

Many of these buttons serve more than one purpose. The emoji button also gives us access to stickers and the GIF tool, and the clip-shaped button opens the doors to all sharing options (location, contacts, files and more). But to send a particular photo we must press the clip-shaped button and then select ‘Gallery’. The next change that WhatsApp has in store It’s as simple as it is effective: have independent buttons for camera and gallery access.

Image: WaBetaInfo.

In this way, we can access the camera by pressing just one button or the image gallery by pressing the same button. The idea here may be much more than a change in the interface. Sending photos in chats is more practical and fasterAfter all, this is one of the most used features on the platform by millions of users every day.

Those responsible for the discovery, WaBetaInfo, note that the design of this revamped interface may change, but the idea will remain the same: to offer access to the functions most used by people directly from the text bar, without the need to press multiple times or access an additional key. menu before sending that selfie. This change is available in WhatsApp beta version 2.24.24.16 for Android, and it is currently unknown when it will reach all users.

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