WhatsApp can now play Facebook and Instagram videos within the app
An update to the messaging service has begun rolling out on iOS.
WhatsApp users can now watch videos from Facebook and Instagram without leaving the messaging app, following an update.
As a result, links posted into chats for Facebook and Instagram videos will no longer divert users to those respective apps when tapped.
Instead, they will open and play within the WhatsApp conversation where it was posted.
Such a linking of features makes sense, given WhatsApp and Instagram are both owned by Facebook.
Within the same update is a new ability to apply and revoke admin rights to other participants in a group chat and give group admins the power to change the subject, description and icon of a chat.
However, the update is only rolling out on iOS for now, with no word as yet on when it will also be made available on Android.
