Comparisons are odious, but inevitable when it comes to creating something similar quickly video messages that WhatsApp prepares And it sounds a little weird to put it that way. But if we add in the style Telegram is better understood, because although it does not have the same level of popularity as the first, the second is also a reference in its segment.

You already know how it goes, or you should if you use Telegram. We’ll leave it up to you to imagine; But just in case, here’s an explanation: It’s like sending an audio message on WhatsApp, just hold down the microphone button to the right of the message field while you’re talking, and as soon as you release your finger, the message will be sent. Well, Telegram does exactly the same thing – swipe left to cancel it too – with the addition of the ability to send video messages.

If you need to hold down the appropriate button to record an audio or video message or switch between the two, just touch the appropriate icon. In WhatsApp, this will apparently be done by holding down the camera icon. But the rest is pretty much traced to how Telegram works, including the signature circle in which a video message is seen – but not heard until you click on it and it enlarges.

This is what WhatsApp video messages will look like

It remains to be seen whether WhatsApp video messages follow what is set by Telegram or do it in their own way, outside of the presentation, since it is a feature in early development, as usual they found in WaBetaInfo, specifically in the beta version of the iOS application. The only thing that seems to be fixed is like in Telegram Maximum duration 60 seconds from these video messages.

And there is nothing more to tell. You just have to wait until this feature is ready and reaches all users of the service, which is not clear when it will happen. Anyway, it doesn’t matter much when WhatsApp never had these video messages that Telegram implemented years ago; although it will be welcome. It’s not that WhatsApp doesn’t allow you to record a video and send it, but rather that video messaging is a more accessible and convenient method and the videos don’t stay in the phone’s memory.

It can be said that WhatsApp lags behind Telegram in many ways, but not that Meta development is not very active: every time they add and announce—or, as the case may be, discover—more features their managers are working on. Just so far, we have been reminded of upcoming news this year, such as sending uncompressed images, hands-free video recording or self-destructing groups, and although Telegram already has two out of three…

On another note, just a few days ago WhatsApp released its new Windows app.