Whatsapp the most popular instant messaging app which is used by billions of people in the world. One new change has come to this messaging app. We all know, we can keep Video or photo status on Whatsapp which disappears after 24 hours. The limit of the video is 30 seconds, but as of now, the company has reduced the status limit to 15 seconds in India.
Indians, WhatsApp is Limiting Status to 15 Seconds Because Videos Are Slowing The Internet
The new change in Whatsapp has come for all Indians as the videos are slowing the internet. Whatsapp has reduced the status limit to 15 seconds from 30 seconds in India. Apart from Whatsapp, the other online streaming apps like Netflix, Amazon Video, YouTube and Facebook have reduced the video quality to save the internet. As millions of people are sitting home and working due to Coronavirus lockdown.
This new update comes from WABetaInfo, one of the people shared this news on Twitter and said,
“You can no longer send videos to WhatsApp Status if they are longer than 16 seconds: only videos having a duration of 15 seconds will be allowed. This is happening in India and it’s probably an initiative to reduce the traffic on the server infrastructures.”
Here is the Tweet:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
You can no longer send videos to WhatsApp Status if they are longer than 16 seconds: only videos having a duration of 15 seconds will be allowed.
This is happening in India and it's probably an initiative to reduce the traffic on the server infrastructures.— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) March 28, 2020
Remember that this change in Whatsapp status is temporary for all the users. Once the coronavirus pandemic is over, everything will be back to normal.