California: Instant messaging application WhatsApp is going to introduce text formatting like code blocks, quotes and bullet points for Android users.
Meta’s sub-app already has bold, italic or strikethrough styles for text to help users emphasize something in a message.
But as reported by WhatsApp Beta Info, Android users have upgraded these texting formats in the latest beta version of WhatsApp.
(Image: WhatsApp Beta Info)
After this new update, users will now be able to use three new tools for their messages. Users will be able to use code blocks to highlight specific parts of a text containing coding. Users can wrap specified text using backticks (`.
That is, users will not need to be software engineers or programmers to use this feature. Using these new texting tools, users will be able to reshape their messages.
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