Sneak Peek: WhatsApp for Windows Phone getting new background agent, more in upcoming release

Practiced news for WhatsApp users, an upcoming update volition greatly heighten user experience of the popular messenger app and we have the full details.

Currently in beta, the last version is 2.9.69 and the squad looks to be aiming for a 3.0 release in the near future. Head past the break for all the heady specifics!

The biggest alter will brand a lot of users happy: WhatsApp is finally ditching the music API that constantly leaves a blank song "streaming", a method that "keeps alive" the connection to the WhatsApp service. Instead, they have completely re-written the background amanuensis and so that it behaves like every other Windows Telephone app, including access to it in the Settings > Groundwork Tasks section (see prototype above).

Other additions include larger epitome back up (so inline images are easier to view), notification fixes and fast resume. In other words, this may be the big update many of us have been wanting with this service.

WhatsApp has been working with Nokia to greatly improve the messaging platform and with the last few release, it has become much amend. Now, with version 3.0 on the horizon, WhatsApp finally looks to be coming into its own for Windows Phone. Below is the latest Changelog, though more than features may exist added before this gets released to the public:

- v2.9.63 attempts to prepare hanging on WP8

- v2.nine.69 (submitted on 16-04)

In add-on to UI improvements we've rewritten our groundwork amanuensis code for increased operation (biggest plus no more music API usage)
New smileys
Fixes notification issues for WP8 users.
Users can at present encounter smileys on the double broad tile.
Fast resume. (If the app is open and y'all click on the incoming notification it opens as if in Android, very fast actually)
On the kickoff-up now it ask y'all to backup your conversation history.
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We've too heard back from the WhatsApp team regarding the geotagging issue that we reported on recently. They are working with Microsoft to gear up the problem and take user privacy seriously. Though they cannot provide an ETA for a set to that, they are working on it.

Thanks to E. for the screenshots and information!

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