LONDON: The new WhatsApp for Android is currently available on the official WhatsApp website and is expected to roll out via Google Play soon.
While much of the new features that the latest build of WhatsApp for Android brings have been documented, there is one feature that might have missed the notice of many.
In the older versions of the app, there was only one notification icon, no matter how many messages arrived from multiple contacts. While the primary behaviour still remains the same, there is a subtle change that is now being noticed by users. Multiple WhatsApp notification icons appear on the notification bar corresponding to the number of contacts/groups those messages have come from. But this is visible only for a brief while and appears behind the heads-up notification and disappears as soon as you swipe away the notification.
