WhatsApp for Android can now send GIFs

With the latest update of the beta version of WhatsApp for Android, version 2.16.299, comes a fairly expected novelty is that now we can send GIFs from our gallery, which adds to the possibility of creating them and send them as well. In addition, the application continues to add files and icons that make us assume that new features are very close.

To send GIFs from any chat click on the icon for sending multimedia (clip) and let’s gallery, leaving us now see 3 tabs: Photos, videos and GIFs. If you want to create GIFs have to record a video from WhatsApp or taking it from Gallery, cut it to last 6 seconds max and click the camera icon to change it to GIF, then simply click to send it.

Internally, this new update of the beta version of WhatsApp for Android continues with the changes and regular changes in the latest updates, is that despite your installation file APK has decreased by 54 KB, they have been modified 1097 files, including many icons and emoji, and eliminate the “activity_deprecated_device.xml” file.

How to download the Beta version of WhatsApp for Android

We remind you that this Beta version to download from Google Play before you have to become beta testers. It’s really simple, besides, we can stop being beta tester also very easily and receive updates only stable application. Please remember that if you want to become a beta tester of the application from Google Play, you have all the information here.

Remind you that the beta versions of the application are not exempt from errors, its installation can cause unexpected errors, even when installing the application will see messages that warn us, but as a rule the beta version of WhatsApp for Android never gives problems and we will have the latest news before than the stable version of Google Play.