{"id":195975,"date":"2022-06-30T11:17:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T09:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=195975"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:36:33","slug":"whatsapp-update-image-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-update-image-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp update giving you more privacy control when you send images"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WhatsApp\u2019s image-sharing tool is already well-featured and easy to use. You can already rotate, crop, and resize images as well typing text and drawing on top of them in a whole spectrum of colors. Well now, <strong>WhatsApp is adding another cool tool to its image-sharing toolbox<\/strong> that will make shy people and privacy-focused users very happy. Let\u2019s check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"WhatsApp\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/cc03a0ea-96d0-11e6-9905-00163ed833e7\/1398466786\/whatsapp-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">WhatsApp<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest beta version of WhatsApp for desktop shows us tha<strong>t a blur tool is on the way for the WhatsApp media editor<\/strong>. This will bring a handy privacy-based feature into the app that users would normally have to use a third-party app to implement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The screenshot above, which we can share with you thanks to the people at <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-is-working-on-a-blur-tool-for-the-media-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WABetaInfo<\/a>, shows the new blur tool showing up <strong>in the image editing toolbar at the top of the screen<\/strong>. When implemented the feature will allow you to quickly blur different parts of the image. This means you will be able to cover up any parts of the images you are sending that you don\u2019t want people to see, whether that be for privacy issues or just maybe to cover up something embarrassing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new feature is still under development and isn\u2019t actually available for use just yet. This means that, unfortunately, <strong>we can\u2019t give you any details about when we can expect to see it rolling out<\/strong> to all WhatsApp users. As it is in active development, however, we can say that there is a very good chance it will receive a wide roll-out to all users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Recently, we have covered a wide range of WhatsApp <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/articles\/whatsapp-voice-notes-control-pause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">updates to WhatsApp voice notes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/articles\/whatsapp-groups-get-bigger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">larger file transfer sizes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/articles\/whatsapp-further-develops-message-reactions-feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">message reaction improvements<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/articles\/whatsapp-is-adding-more-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">better WhatsApp group call functionality<\/a>, and more. With so much WhatsApp news coming thck and fast and so many interesting and useful WhatsApp features on the horizon, make sure you stick with us to stay up to date with <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all the latest WhatsApp news and updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image via: <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-is-working-on-a-blur-tool-for-the-media-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WABetaInfo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp\u2019s image-sharing tool is already well-featured and easy to use. You can already rotate, crop, and resize images as well typing text and drawing on top of them in a whole spectrum of colors. Well now, WhatsApp is adding another cool tool to its image-sharing toolbox that will make shy people and privacy-focused users very &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-update-image-editing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WhatsApp update giving you more privacy control when you send images&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":195979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-195975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323596,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195975\/revisions\/323596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195975"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=195975"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=195975"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=195975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}