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Business EYE JULY 09, 2021 | The Indian Eye 35
Tech T@lk
whatsApp experimenting with Facebook’s feature for Portal lets users
large link preview for iOs users dress up as harry Potter characters
nstant messaging platform- high-resolution preview for acebook’s video calling istry of Magic or the Edge of the
WhatsApp is in the works to URLs, which is why WhatsApp device Portal is getting Forbidden Forest.
Iroll out new features for iOS will show a smaller thumbnail. Fa ‘Harry Potter and the When the lights come up,
users in order to ramp up their In other WhatsApp-related Cursed Child’ crossover that will each person on the call will em-
experience on the platform. Ac- news, WhatsApp’s Beta users allow users to dress up as char- body a character from the show
cording to Mashable India, the are currently testing a brand- acters from the play using aug- with a unique spell, which is as-
developers are currently work- new feature where attached mented reality technology. As signed randomly. Simply nod
ing on a large link preview for images or videos disappear af- per The Verge, the AR masks your head or tap the screen to
iOS to make it easier for users ter one viewing - like Snaps on that transform you into a charac- cast it and watch as your friends
to check out what the links are Snapchat. The feature allows ter, which are powered by Face- marvel at the magic.
all about. The feature has been WhatsApp users to send a pho- book’s Spark AR technology, The feature works with Por-
spotted by WABetaInfo, a pop- tograph or video that will delete will also match your skin tone. tal-to-Portal video calls for us-
ular website that pushes regu- after being watched or viewed. “Callers can fully embody the ers in the US and UK. And if
lar updates around WhatsApp. Also, WhatsApp is restoring characters thanks to real-time you don’t have a Portal device,
According to WABetaInfo, the the green colour notifications skin sampling that matches the “fans on Instagram and Face-
large preview link feature is cur- for its Android beta app. The 3D character to your unique book can still interact with the
rently under development and platform had first announced a skin tone before converting it AR masks via each app’s cam-
will be available for users in a new dark blue colour in notifi- into an AR mask for seamless era and share video and photos
future update. cations in the 2.21.12.12 beta integration,” Facebook said. via Stories,” according to the
WhatsApp is working on the update. However, WhatsApp Anyone can use the new fea- company. Facebook has been
same feature on the Android is now restoring the old colour ture by tapping ‘Curtain Call’ in ramping up its augmented re-
app and bringing high-quali- again. This is because the new the effects tray on Portal. You ality efforts. It announced last
ty previews for URLs on the blue colour wasn’t appreciat- can then select one of three lo- September that creators would
latest beta version. Moreover, ed much by users, according to cations from the menu to visit: be able to make AR effects for
some websites do not have a Mashable India. Hogwarts Great Hall, the Min- Messenger and Portal in 2021.
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