If just a few days ago the developers of WhatsApp updated the well-known application to offer all users the long-awaited function that allows video calls, now, demonstrating once again that video has become the preferred format of the entire community, they announce that very soon we will have the possibility of consume streaming video.
Undoubtedly, this is more than interesting news since, thanks to this new functionality, all users who use WhatsApp will be able to play all kinds of video content without having to download it previously, as we have to do so far. Thanks to this we can save a lot of storage space on our smartphone.
WhatsApp tests the streaming video playback option in its latest beta.
This news has been published by several quite relevant media in India where, apparently, the application in your region is in the testing phase to optimize this new functionality. As a detail, tell you that it is only available in the beta version 2.16.365 of the WhatsApp app for Android. At the moment it is not known when it will also begin to be operational on iOS.
As you can see in the image at the beginning of the extended post, with this new functionality, in addition to appearing the download button, we also found an icon Play in the center of the video to access the streaming playback. While we watch the content, in the lower bar the system shows us how much of the video has been loaded, and when the visualization ends it can be played again.
Further information: The Android Soul