Washington, March 29: The instant messaging app WhatsApp is experimenting with a 2GB file transfer limit between users.
According to MacRumors, WhatsApp's file-sharing capabilities have become a key feature of the service, and the app has allowed users to share media files within conversations since 2017, but its 100MB file size limit hasn't changed. Sources say the Meta-owned site has been testing a new 2GB file size limit for some users in Argentina for the past few days.
With the limit raised to 2GB, the platform should be much more suitable for sharing video clips and other large media files, all of which would be safely transmitted via WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption.
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It's uncertain whether the move is merely a brief localised test or the start of a wider rollout, but WhatsApp frequently conducts trials of new features in development in this manner, so there's a strong chance it will become the norm for all WhatsApp users in the future.
Other recent WhatsApp tests include the ability to conduct polls within groups on the chat platform and the ability to send iMessage-style message reactions.
Meanwhile, WhatsApp has now started offering multi-device support to all users, which has been a long time coming. Until recently, users had access to the feature via WhatsApp's opt-in beta testing programme.
The upgrade will be available to iOS users this month, and Android users next month, according to WABetainfo. You won't need to maintain your primary device connected to the internet to use the platform with the new upgrade.
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