Status videos launched in Whatsapp that expires in 24 hours

Facebook, which acquired WhatsApp two years ago for $19bn, has always thrived in a rivalry with Snapchat, constantly bringing changes in step with its competitor to stay of the game.

The new feature in WhatsApp called Status, allow users to update their statuses with time-limited photos, videos, scribbles and GIFs. These updates will disappear after 24 hours. Once your status is created by capturing a photo or video you wish to share, you are taken to an interface that is a virtual photoshop where you can scribble on the captured file, superimpose and position emojis in the file and add a caption below explaining the content and also you can control who sees it by specifying so in your privacy settings, Privacy Icon on IOS and Status Privacy on Android. Then you can discover which of your contacts has viewed your status on a “View Counter” at the bottom of the screen.

WhatsApp currently has over a billion monthly users, and hosts a daily 60 billion messages which includes 3 billion photos, 750 million videos and 80 million GIFs.

This could spell trouble for Snapchat, which has already seen a 82 per cent drop-off in user growth since 2016 launch of Instagram stories,

WhatsApp celebrated their eighth anniversary by announcing the launch of “Status”. The new feature should be available soon for all iPhone , Android and Window phone users.

WhatsApp can be downloaded free from the App Store.