WhatsApp was indeed developing a new AR feature that was related to call effects and filters with 2.24.16.7 version number. In this development, WhatsApp sought to focus on the improvement of the aesthetic appearance of the video calls, by choosing and adding call effects that personalized the conversation through the use of dynamic facial filters.
WhatsApp may have recently started to publicly beta test this feature, because some users that are on the WhatsApp beta now can try out the improved call experience. The app is now start deploying an Augmented Reality feature to complete the addition of call effects and filters.
New Features That You Can Enable From The Recent WhatsApp Beta Update
WhatsApp has come up with a set of new features that aims at improving the video calling functionality. New fresh additions to the video call features include augmented reality (AR) call effects and filters. It is spotted by Wabetainfo.
The following are new AR effects through which users can make personal adjustments to the call quality by toggling on and off features like the blurr remover that reduces skin coarseness and the night mode for better visibility in the dark.
It should also be noted that app has added the ability to background editing, which can be useful in group meetings where one may wish to tweak their environment or ‘set the scene’, by blurring everything out.
But at the same time, this tool can be used for entertainment only since the users can select one of the background scenes presented as default and thus, change the background to something completely different or upload an image.
This feature is expected to be also implemented on Desktop apps as well in the future since the applications for that are even bigger due to the larger screens and better editing options in management of background during calls for business or other detailed settings.
Some beta users who receive new updates of WhatsApp beta for Android from the Google Play Store can use an AR feature for call effects and filters