WhatsApp Testing Forward Preview Feature on Android: Report

WhatsApp is constantly working on bringing new features, and
some of them are already in test in beta, including vacation mode
and even the private reply feature. Now, the social messaging app
is testing the ability to preview forwards before sending them.

This means that users will get one more step before forwarding a
text, image, GIF, video, or any other content to multiple users.
This will enable WhatsApp users to retract their decision of
forwarding a message, or add more people to the list (or even
subtract people) before actually going ahead and forwarding the
message.

WhatsApp tipster WABetaInfo spotted this feature in Android beta
version 2.18.325. The tipster notes that WhatsApp is testing a
forward preview feature that will pop up before you forward an
item, so that a user can confirm or cancel the operation. This
preview will apparently appear when you forward a message or media
to two or more contacts only.

The tipster says that the feature will be available in the
future, so it may be possible that you may not see it even if
you’re on the latest beta version. We weren’t able to spot the
feature.

WhatsApp recently also started testing a new feature called
Private Reply. The new functionality allows users to privately send
messages to a participant in a group without letting others in the
same group know.

This feature has arrived for Android users with beta version
2.18.355. To use the WhatsApp Private Reply feature, hold the
message of the sender to which you have to reply privately. Further
tap on the three-dotted menu on the top right corner of the app.
Here, you will get the Private Reply option.

Once you choose the option, the selected message will open
privately in the chat window of the sender in the form of a reply
thread.