Instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp have become a primary need in the daily lives of their users.
That is why projections indicate that this year there will be more than 2,520 million users of these apps worldwide, while different data reveal that currently more than 41.6 million messages are sent per minute. In these numbers, WhatsApp is the undisputed leader.
Competition is increasing
The truth is that the recent health contingency has shown that more and more platforms are seeking to be the number one alternative for each of the users, which is why the competition for WhatsApp is not minor. For example, recent comments made by Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, provided data that allow us to better understand the behavior of instant messaging platforms in the midst of this health crisis.
Thanks to this information, it obtains at least one and a half million users per day, a situation that, in Pavel Durov's words, places the platform as the most downloaded app in the social networking category in more than 20 countries around the world.
Even with this growth, the truth is that Telegram is still far behind WhatsApp. While the instant messaging service owned by the giant Facebook has 2 billion users.
Despite this, the executive sees great chances of Telegram catching up with WhatsApp or even overtaking it in the not too distant future.
Instant messaging by date
With this situation, WhatsApp is working to launch a new feature that can allow users to find specific messages within conversations. Although it currently has a similar function, it has different areas where it can be scaled.
Data from WABetaInfo, have reported that WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow you to add dates.
When you want to find a term, a calendar icon will appear which, when selected, will give you the option of entering the exact date on which the message will be searched for. Currently, it is not known if the function will search for a specific day or if it will establish predetermined date periods.
At the moment, this new feature is in a testing period, so many details are unknown, as well as if its arrival to the market will actually materialize; however, the exact date on which this new feature will arrive is unknown, but what we are sure of is that the instant messaging giant is not willing to lose ground against its competitors, as they are constantly looking for new improvements and features to complete their current users, as well as their new followers, which will be many more before the end of this year.
