WhatsApp’s new search feature for photos, videos, GIFs: How it works

WhatsApp lets users search keywords on their application but there’s no way users can search for media yet. However, a new beta update suggests that the instant messaging platform is working on one such feature. The advanced search is not only limited to media files, users will also be able to look for links shared on the chat and even documents.

This new feature has been spotted on the beta version of the iOS application of the app by WAbetaInfo. According to the report, the version 2.20.117 update comes with the Advanced Search Mode. Currently, the feature is only available to WhatsApp beta users on iOS. WhatsApp may release the update for Android users soon as well.

The users will be able to search different file types on the chat via search filters. These search filters will be colour coded for different types of files. From the report we know that the beta version will at least be able to search for photos, audio, GIFs, documents, web links and videos.