New Delhi: Meta owner and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced that WhatsApp Messenger is launching a new feature to instantly record and share a video message in chats.
“It’s as easy as sending a quick voice message,” Zuckerberg said.
The company said in a statement that video messages are a real-time way to respond to chats with whatever you want to say and show in 60 seconds.
“We think these will be a fun way to share moments with all the emotion that comes from video, whether it’s wishing someone a happy birthday, laughing at a joke, or bringing good news,” the company added.
Video messages will play automatically on mute when opened in a chat, and tapping on the video will start the sound.
The video messages are protected with end-to-end encryption to keep your messages secure.
The video messages feature has begun rolling out and will be available to everyone in the coming weeks, said WhatsApp.
WhatsApp has long offered the option of sending videos, but the new video message feature removes a couple of steps in the process, making it quicker.
With inputs from IANS