WhatsApp update: In good news for its users across the globe, the Facebook-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has come with a new feature called playback speeds for voice messages on the Android beta version of the app. The company earlier removed this feature but now WhatsApp has added this feature again for both Android and iOS.

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Users will be asked to download the latest version of the WhatsApp beta app to get this new feature, according to WABetaInfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp. The famous messaging platform was seen testing various playback speeds for voice messages last month. Now three different playback speeds have been added for voice messages in an updated UI.

With this feature, beta users can see the playback speed symbol in a voice message which is 1x, 1.5x and 2x. In terms of its functioning, the voice messages will play normally but tapping on the icon will change its speed. So the first tap will make the speed by 1x, the second by 1.5x, and the third one by 2x. However, there is no such option for a slower playback speed for voice messages, the report said.

This Facebook-owned platform recently enabled four features recently -- Always Mute, to mute chats forever. No Calls for Verified Businesses. Media Guidelines. New Storage Usage UI and tools."

The WABetaInfo report stated that muting groups is very common nowadays, for this reason, WhatsApp has introduced the possibility to mute always group notifications the last year but it might not be enough, because users can still receive notifications when someone mentions them in a message.

For this situation, WhatsApp supports a feature to mute this type of notifications. They don’t explain how to do it within WhatsApp, but it is simpler than you think. Every time you receive a group notification, WhatsApp checks if the group is not muted: in this case, the notification is obviously presented," WaBetaInfo said in its report.

"If the group is muted and the message mentions your phone number or it quotes another message you have previously sent, WhatsApp checks if the individual chat of the sender of that message is muted: if so, WhatsApp won’t present the notification," it further added.