It even lets users directly jump to certain sections of the app directly from the homescreen. WhatsApp new build allows users to analyse in-app content like links, videos, contacts cards, pictures and locations in chats through 3D Touch gestures like Pop and Peek. This has been updated to iPhone with great innovations, most notably the aforementioned support for 3D Touch and the possibility of a quick response.
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3D Touch quick actions allow a user to simply press down on an icon and view, well, quick actions, such as taking a selfie using the stock Camera app, or quickly creating a calendar entry using the stock Calendar app. A new jailbreak tweak, called Forcy, brings those very same actions to older iPhone models. Look for the latter built on iTunes App Store and download it if you want to experience this 3D Touch functionality.
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.
WhatsApp, Facebook’s mobile messaging platform, gets another major update with build 2.12.9 for iOS 9 devices featuring 3D Touch gestures for Apple’s flagship iPhones, iPhone 6s Plus and the iPhone 6s. Implying that by simply pressing the app icon, users can write a post, upload a photo or video, or take a photo or video.
– Lots of bug fixes.
In fact, there are quite a few languages that are supported with this release, and the list includes English, Arabic, Bokmål, Norwegian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
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Note: Those who have an iPhone device running iOS 6.0 or higher are qualified to install WhatsApp’s newest built.
