WhatsApp for Android activates the albums

We can now download WhatsApp for Android in its latest beta, version 2.17.234, a new update with many new features, is that if in the previous version we commented that a new fast scroll button was added in the gallery, now the company has added the albums.

And when we receive multiple photos, more of three, from the same sender in a row, they’ll now be grouped together as an album, a feature that is already available in the stable version of WhatsApp for iPhone. And today in the beta version of the Android application.

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But here they do not finish the news, and is that internally WhatsApp for Android has also received quite a few changes, especially concerning Status. To start the application APK has increased by 49 KB, with 374 files modified, a thumbnail file has been deleted and 1 file “input_circle_grey.xml” has been added, related to 3 of the new icons: “input_circle_grey_normal.png” And “input_circle_grey_pressed.png”. We still can not see this new button or what its function, we will update the entry if we can locate it.

Also added 3 new icons related to Status, such as “ic_camera_status_compose.png”, “ic_my_status_add.png” and “ic_text_status_compose.png”. As you can check in the above capture now to add Text Status will press the button with the pencil that appears in the bottom right, just above the button to add new State, before we had to go to the Text Status menu.

We remind you that to download this Beta version from Google Play before you have to convert into beta testers.