WhatsApp tests new voice messages feature

Embed from Getty Images

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been working on revamping its voice messages feature. Like on Instagram, the chat app plans to show real-time waveforms while you're recording a voice message. And it will give you the option to stop recording and listen to what you plan to send, an option that isn't currently available on WhatsApp.

The company is testing it out for iOS and Android, but it hasn't been made public yet. But WABetaInfo got their hands on a demo, which you can check out here. Another feature users can look forward to in the future is multi-device support, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Source: 9to5Mac

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 6/20 – 6/26

Microsoft Windows 11 brings Android apps, new interface, Snap Layouts, and more

Nintendo will release retro 'The Legend of Zelda' Game & Watch 

Nothing CEO announces delay for ear (1) earbuds release 

'Alto's Odyssey: The Lost City' to come to Apple Arcade with exclusive new content 

Leica has its own premium smartphone now 

Samsung to share what "reimagining smartwatches" is like at June 28 MWC virtual event 

Zoom gets a dedicated text field to display your gender pronoun 

Microsoft to end its expanded 'Cyberpunk 2077' refund policy on July 6 

TikTok tests bringing mini-apps to videos with Jump 

How to Declutter Your Home: An Easy-To-Follow Guide 

Twitter for iOS now lets you send tweets to Instagram Stories 

Nathan Pyle's 'Strange Planet' webcomic to get an Apple TV+ animated series 

Logitech introduces a Combo Touch keyboard for the fourth-gen iPad Air 

Google brings its News Showcase to Canada 

Instagram experiments with offering posting on desktop 

Marvel shares new trailer for 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' 

CASETiFY offers MagSafe Wallet made with recycled materials 

Internet Explorer won't be available on Windows 11 

Telegram finally adds video chats for group calls 

Telegram finally adds video chats for group calls

Embed from Getty Images 

It's now possible to video chat with groups on Telegram. The app is rolling out the feature to the smartphone, tablet, and desktop apps. You can find it within the Voice Chat feature. When you start a voice chat room, a camera icon will appear, giving you the option to switch to video. Like Zoom and Google Meet, you can make a video fullscreen and pin a specific person to the call center. 

While voice chats don't have limits on participants, video calls can only allow the first 30 people in the call. According to Telegram, this is a temporary cap, and it plans to increase the limit in the future.

Click to read more ...

Internet Explorer won't be available on Windows 11

We already know that Microsoft finally plans to kill off Internet Explorer for consumers in 2022. But it looks like we won't even get a glimpse of it in Windows 11. The company has confirmed with The Verge that Internet Explorer won't be available on Windows 11. Instead, Microsoft Edge will be the default browser for the new operating system. If you use shortcuts like iexplore, you will be redirected to Microsoft Edge instead. 

This marks the first new version of Windows to not get Internet Explorer in over 20 years. IE will only be available moving forward on the Long-Term Servicing Channel of Windows 10 after its removal on June 15, 2022, from the consumer version of the OS.