• A new WhatsApp beta improves a previously spotted link/URL verification feature.

• Users will be able to check any link they send or receive on WhatsApp using Google Search for added security.

• Although the feature is still in beta testing, it should eventually be available to all WhatsApp users.

WhatsApp is undoubtedly one of the most popular messaging apps today. The Meta-owned app offers several security tools to protect its users, such as automatic spam detection and timely security alerts. About a month ago we came across a beta version of the app offering a new option for check links/URLs in posts via Google search. Thanks to a recent WhatsApp for Android beta, we’re now seeing this feature get some minor changes ahead of its imminent arrival.

According to WABetaInfo reportThis “link information” page is now available to beta testers as part of WhatsApp beta version 2.24.22.19. I’m also seeing this particular change on my device, indicating that it’s widely available to beta testers. In trying to reproduce the functionality, I discovered that it now works on virtually all links and not just those that have been forwarded too frequently.

Users simply need to long-press any link they receive (or send) in WhatsApp to Get information about links on Google option to display, listed below Copy link And Open linkas shown in the first screenshot above. Tapping Get information about links on Google redirects users to the Google app search experience with all relevant details about the selected URL.

A useful inclusion to protect you from suspicious links

When the feature was first discovered by WABetaInfo last month, it was found that the Search the web The option would appear above frequently forwarded messages. Tapping on this option will give you details about what it does, followed by options like Get link information And Search text.

But based on my brief experience with WhatsApp beta version 2.24.22.19, this security feature should now work on every URL on the Internet. We do not know if the oldest Search the web The option will continue to coexist with this new behavior to check any link in WhatsApp, but there is no reason why it cannot, given that it serves different purposes.

Since the updated link verification system is still in beta, it is difficult to set a timetable for its appearance in the stable version of WhatsApp. But given the importance of a feature like this, we’d be very surprised if it doesn’t eventually become widely available to all WhatsApp users, unlike other features that lurk in the beta channel but aren’t never stable.

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