Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is claimed to be performing on a replacement visual tweak where users are going to be ready to view the status of their contacts via their profile pictures.

The feature, consistent with a report in WABetaInfo is currently under development and can expand the power to look at the status of a user to the chats section, where users are going to be ready to tap on the profile picture and obtain the choice to look at the contact’s status. The feature was spotted by WABetaInfo within the code of the newest WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.21.17.5.

The feature, consistent with the web site remains under development and can present the user with an option asking if they need to look at the status of the user or their profile picture.

With the new feature, when a user taps on the profile picture of a contact, WhatsApp will present them with the choice of viewing their status or profile picture. Users can choose the status update choice to view the status of that specific person.

Users can choose the status choice to view the status of that specific user. this is often almost like what Twitter did with Twitter Fleets. it’s not referred to as to when this feature are going to be unrolled to finish users, but the WABetaInfo report says that it’s under development and can be unrolled during a future build.

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Recently, WhatsApp announced an update that permits iOS users to transfer all the chats to Android. it had been one among the foremost demanded, and indeed one among the foremost anticipated features for WhatsApp through most of last year and indeed this year.