Mumbai: Over the past few months, Facebook-owned Whatsapp has been rolling out one update after another and recent reports suggested that the messaging platform has been testing new text formatting options to further improve the platform.
A new beta release of WhatsApp (2.12.535) featured some basic text formatting options including bold and italics. While the beta release is not recommended for normal usage, you can still try it out for fun. Users can expect a new text formatting update from Whatsapp soon.
On the beta version, users have to just place an asterisk (*) at the starting and ending of a word to make it appear bold. For italics, the process is similar but you have to place an underscore (_) in place of asterisk.
New Formatting options on WhatsApp Beta 2.12.535
While there is no confirmation if the messaging app plans to integrate other formatting options, adding other options like underlines and font will surely enhance texting experience.
If you feel impatient, you can sign up for the WhatsApp beta testing program and then update to the latest version in Play Store to try out other impending stuff.
