The dispatch of PDF documents works on Android and iOS. This requires the installation of the latest WhatsApp version both the transmitter and the receiver.
WhatsApp has its Messenger now donated the option, in addition to pictures and videos to attach also documents and send. Until now, the shipping is still limited to documents in PDF format, which could be subject to revision in the foreseeable future. The new function is available in the Android - as well as the iOS version of WhatsApp is available, as TechCrunch reports.
WhatsApp now also allows sending documents via Annex - initially limited to PDFs
Usage is similar to iOS and Android. On Android you type in chat on the paperclip icon for attachments and selects the then faded new icon "document" from. In order to create space, WhatsApp has previous icons for "Take a photo" and "Record Video" now grouped under "Camera". According to TechCrunch In the iOS app is only to tap the arrow icon and in the menu that appears, "Document sharing" select. File types other than PDF are users not currently displayed in the selected folder, if they want to add a document as an attachment.
The fact that the US journalist Sarah Perez in a case, although an on Google could attach stored Drive Office document, disclosure then but failed and an error message pointing out that we are dealing with an unsupported file type, shows that here improvement is still required.
The document disclosure also works only if both the sender and receiver use the latest version of WhatsApp. Is not that the recipient of the case, informed the app over and points out the need to update the contact WhatsApp to receive documents.
The step is part of the of WhatsApp announced in January strategy , to offer more commercially viable Served. The focus should be on facilitating companies to communicate with customers. To allow documents as an attachment, fits well with this, such as leaflets, entrance or ticket, scanned documents and other documents may be transferred as PDF yet. Because WhatsApp for a security issue with the shipping manipulated vCards encryption has greatly improved, it might even be that the transfer of PDFs - which has already established itself in e-mail attachments as an effective means for malware distribution - in the medium term this communication channel turns out to be safer.
Starting this week, WhatsApp has, among other things in Germany with a large-scale disruption to fight. Users complained Tuesday morning about program crashes, failed updates and the delayed delivery of messages. Partially should be gone even entire chat history. In the following days were above average number of problem reports from the online service allestörungen.de a. WhatsApp itself has so far not commented on the failures. The last entry of the Twitter account WhatsApp status , information on the short message service disturbances, dated 22 February.
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