Incredible WhatsApp update totally changes how you send videos forever

A BRILLIANT WhatsApp upgrade will make it much easier to send big videos and files to pals.

WhatsApp is great for sending photos – but it has its limitations.

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When it comes to sending a very long video (or an enormous file) you might hit a size cap.

This means the file you’re trying to send is simply too big to transfer over WhatsApp.

For instance, it’s currently impossible to send a file over 100MB on WhatsApp.

As file sizes balloon in the modern age, that’s an easy boundary to hit.

Now WhatsApp appears to be testing a feature that will let users send files up to 2GB in size.

That’s about 20 times more than the current limit.

The change was spotted by WABetaInfo, a tech blog that regularly sleuths out new WhatsApp features.

WhatsApp is currently trialling the change in “beta” – a test version of the app used by die-hard fans and developers to see new features in action first.

That means it’s entirely possible that WhatsApp could scrap the change before it ever makes it to the live app.

WhatsApp has also given no indication on when the change might roll out – so it could be weeks, months or even years away.

“We don’t even know if WhatsApp if planning to roll out the same feature to more people in the future, since this is a test,” WABetaInfo wrote.

“WhatsApp may even roll back the changes by restoring the previous limit after the test: only time will tell.”

It’s currently being trialled on the iOS beta, and specifically in Argentina.

So we may see it roll out to other WhatsApp beta regions first, before eventually landing on the general-release version of the app.

How to get WhatsApp beta

To download WhatsApp beta for your smartphone you need to go to Google Play on your Android and search for WhatsApp.

Scroll down the page until you see “Become a Beta Tester”.

Tap the “I’m In” button and then click “Join” to confirm.

Now all you have to do is wait for the update to the beta version of the app.

Joining the WhatsApp beta on iPhone is more difficult, and has limited capacity.

Follow Apple’s guide here.

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