Ekuvuseleleni kwayo kwakamuva, Whatsapp ukhiphe ezinye izici ezintsha ezithokozisayo, okungenzeka ukuthi zenze impilo ibe lula kubasebenzisi. Ukuqala ngokudluliswa kwamafayela, abasebenzisi manje sebengathumela noma yiluphi uhlobo lwamafayela kungxenyekazi. Ukulandela isikhathi esifushane se-beta, i-WhatsApp manje ekugcineni isikhiphe lesi sici kubo bonke abasebenzisi bayo.
Ekuqaleni, i-WhatsApp ibikade ingenawo amandla okwabelana ngamafayela. Iqale njengesicelo esilula semiyalezo ngokusekela amafomethi amafayili ambalwa kakhulu njengeVidiyo, Umsindo, nezithombe. Ngenkathi abathuthukisi be-WhatsApp beqala ukubona ukufunwa kwesici sokwabelana ngefayela ledokhumenti, baqala ngokuvumela abasebenzisi babo ukuthi bathumele amadokhumenti (kufaka phakathi i-CSV, i-doc, i-pdf, i-ppt, i-txt, i-xls, namanye amafomethi wedokhumenti afanayo) komunye nomunye. Kamuva nje iWhatsapp isivumele ukuthi sithumele ama-GIF koxhumana nabo. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngenyanga edlule nje sekukhishwe isibuyekezo esisha sesiteshi se-beta seWhatsApp futhi sandisa ukwesekwa kwazo zonke izinhlobo zamafayela.
Kusho, manje ongakwenza yabelana nganoma yiluphi uhlobo lwefayela nge-WhatsApp, kungaba yisoftware, i-Android APK, i-EXE, amafayela we-zip noma enye ifomethi. Vele ukhethe inketho yedokhumenti bese uhambisana nokubonisa kuphela amafayela wedokhumenti phambilini, iWhatsapp manje izokhombisa wonke amafomethi wefayela asekelwayo.
Isici sisebenzela neWhatsApp Web okwenza kube lula ukwaba amafayela wokusetha isoftware. Noma kunjalo, inzuzo iza nomkhawulo. Kusukela manje, unga kuphela thumela amafayela anobukhulu obukhulu be- 64MB ku-WhatsApp Web, 100MB ku-Android, naku-128MB ku-Apple iOS.
Ngokuvuselelwa kwakamuva, ngaphandle kokuthumela imibhalo noma amafayela, manje usungakwazi thumela izithombe namavidiyo angacindezelwe. Okusho ukuthi manje usungabelana ngalawo mafayili aluhlaza asezingeni eliphakeme avela kuWhatsApp uqobo. Ukwazi ukwabelana ngefayela loqobo uqobo, kukho konke ukukhazimula kwalo okungacindezelwe, kungaba ngumshintshi womdlalo omncane. Kepha kubalulekile ukuthi wazi ukuthi lapho wabelana, ngokwesibonelo, isithombe sokuqala, asibonisi engxoxweni njengesithombe - uzobona igama lefayela eliluhlaza.
Uhlelo lokusebenza oludumile lwemiyalezo luye lwaletha nesici se- ukuqoqwa kwemidiya okwabiwe, okuzokwenza abasebenzisi bakwazi ukwaba ngqo izithombe namavidiyo akhona kusuka kuthuluzi lekhamera elakhelwe ngaphakathi le-WhatsApp. Ungaswayipha izithombe namavidiyo kusuka kwesokudla uye kwesokunxele esikrinini sekhamera noma swayiphela phezulu ukuze uthole ukubuka kwesitayela segalari.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, abasebenzisi manje bazokwazi ukwenza hlanganisa amafayela ndawonye bese ulithumela kwabanye. Lokhu kusho ukuthi, lapho uthumela noma uthola okuningi izithombe noma ividiyo zilandelana, zizoba njalo iqoqwe ngokuzenzakalela njenge-albhamu, kwakha isibonisi sethayela ngaphakathi kwemilayezo yakho. Phambilini lesi sici besitholakala kuphela kubasebenzisi be-iOS.
Ukuqhubeka, izinketho ezahlukahlukene zokufomatha umbhalo njenge ngesibindi, omalukeke, kanye nokugqashuka, ezenziwe zasebenza ngaphambilini kusetshenziswa ama-shortcode, manje sezingavunyelwa ngokucindezela isikhathi eside umbhalo ngenkathi uxoxa. Le nkampani ephethwe nguFacebook nayo yethule ezinye ukuthuthukiswa kokuklanywa kwamakholi wezwi nevidiyo. Abasebenzisi manje bazoswayiphela phezulu ukuze bamukele noma benqabe izingcingo zezwi noma zevidiyo.
Lezi zici zitholakala kunombolo yenguqulo 2.17.261 ye-Android ne-2.17.31 ye-iOS.
