From Text to Tunes, WhatsApp Rolls Out Music for Status Updates

Music can set a mood, evoke, and relive memories. Sharing a feeling through WhatsApp Status is best coupled with a cheerful and perfect song for celebration, a slow throat-aching melody for a gloomy moment, or an exciting pace to hype up and energize the mood type of song. WhatsApp has brought that to life with a new feature that lets you add music to your Status. Here’s the brilliance of sound that takes your stories beyond the standard.

WhatsApp Status has always been fun for expressing the lighter moments in life with family and friends, but what is a moment without a perfect soundtrack? Now, WhatsApp is making Status updates much more expressive by allowing users to add music to their posts.

How does it function?

While creating the Status, one might notice a new icon resembling a music note at the top of the screen. Tap it, and you have access to an entire library of songs. The choice is yours. Maybe you want to create an ambiance with a trending song, discover something brand new, or even share that song that has been on your mind. One can even select the ideal section of the track that best describes the moment, ranging from 15 seconds for a photo to 60 seconds for a video.

WhatsApp music feature interface showing song selection and music added to Status update.
Image Source: WABetaInfo

Personalized Experience

WhatsApp will keep the status updates private and secure. Status updates, even the music ones, are end-to-end encrypted so that no one, not WhatsApp or anyone else, will be able to see what the user has shared. The user can control the people who view their Status, just like before.

Availability

The feature is exclusively rolling out worldwide and will reach more users in the coming weeks. It is not an issue if the users are not seeing this yet, as the new feature is on the way. Not only does this feature refine our ways of communicating, but it also adds fun and engagement to our act of sharing moments. Be it an aesthetic mood setting number for a heartfelt message or simply a chill jam, this new addition brings plenty of creativity to Status updates. If WhatsApp’s evolution can teach us anything, it would be that social media storytelling has grown increasingly interactive.

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Shahid Anwar
Shahid Anwar
Shahid Anwar is a senior technology journalist at TECHi, specializing in artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and the digital industry. With years of experience covering breakthroughs in AI, big tech innovations, and future-driven advancements, he delivers in-depth analysis, exclusive reports, and insightful coverage of the ever-evolving tech landscape.

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