WhatsApp has been consistently upgrading its messaging services and releasing new features for the masses using Android and Apple smartphones. Even since Meta acquired WhatsApp, we have seen some major upgrades with the privacy as well as messaging features. The company is now testing a new feature with which users will be able to blur images. The new tool is expected to be released for the audience on a mass scale in the coming months. Here are the developments:
WhatsApp Image Blur Tool Coming Soon Via OTA Update
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new image blur tool that will be made available to both Android as well as iOS users. WaBetaInfo has confirmed this development. As per the report shared, WhatsApp will be releasing two blur tools with which an alternate blur effect can be added to the images.
WhatsApp is well known for its privacy-oriented messaging services. With this new feature upcoming, user privacy will be further enhanced. Using this blurring feature, users will be able to hide sensitive details and information to keep their privacy intact. Users will be able to adjust the blur levels using this tool.
Not only the intensity of blur could be adjusted but also the size of the blur can be set as per requirement. The image blur tool will also let users to choose the granular effect’s precision which will further improve the security aspects. This new feature will be handy for the audience who wishes to secure sensitive information in a neat and clean manner.
WhatsApp has apparently developed this new tool and has started with its testing. The feature is currently made available only for WhatsApp beta users. As mentioned earlier, we are expecting WhatsApp to release this new image blur tool feature for both Android and iOS ecosystems. But it is not clear by when. There are possibilities that WhatsApp also extends this image editing feature to the Web version as well.
WhatsApp will be releasing an OTA update that will add this feature to the Android and iOS apps. We are keeping an eye on the development and will keep you posted with its availability details.
