Windows Phone to Get WhatsApp Feature That Everyone on Android and iPhone Wants

Believe it or not, but the more developers are leaving Windows Phone, the bigger the updates WhatsApp releases for Microsoft’s mobile platform, and the latest beta brings another important improvement for users who still stick around.

A “Send as GIF” option is now being tested as part of the most recent beta version of WhatsApp for Windows Phone, but it could be released to all users in the stable final update likely to see daylight in the coming weeks.

MSPU reports that users can send as GIF any video stored locally and version 2.16.232.0 of WhatsApp for Windows Phone automatically cuts the clip to 6 seconds and delivers it as an animation to your contacts. The video is thus sent as a looping animation that has the sound removed, but your recipients can open it just like a typical GIF file, which helps for transfer speed and compression.

GIF support in ...