According to Gadgets 360 on NDTV, WhatsApp for iOS has recently been updated to version 2.12.9, and is adding support for 3D Touch on the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus.
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There’s no question about it. 3D Touch is the most transformational element of the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. The key to 3D Touch is to apply pressure right from the get go.
It’s worth noting that Apple didn’t offer these features for older devices because they might not really have the hardware to offer decent performance, so don’t be surprised if your first-gen iPad mini starts to feel sluggish when running apps in SplitView.
To turn on the feature, hit the hamburger menu located on the top left corner of the main app screen, then tap on the Settings button and lastly navigate to the Touch ID menu.
Peek essentially allows users to see previews of websites, photos, videos, contacts and more, doing away the need to open up another app simultaneously. Implying that by simply pressing the app icon, users can write a post, upload a photo or video, or take a photo or video.
Facebook-owned Instagram has already added support for 3D Touch, with gesture-controlled shortcuts to four actions: search, direct, activity and creation. The company has reportedly joined hands with Synaptics to use its “ClearForce” technology, which essentially functions in the same way as Apple’s 3D Touch.
– Lots of bug fixes.
List of complete languages supported in this release includes Arabic, English, Norwegian, Bokmål, Croatian, Catalan, Danish, Czech, Finnish, Dutch, German, French, Hebrew, Greek, Indonesian, Hungarian, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese and Ukrainian. Considering that WhatsApp has over 900 million users, it is good that it is prepared for a worldwide market.
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The update of WhatsApp is now available totally free in the App Store, is specifically version 2.12.8 which has a weight of 49.6 MB.
