WhatsApp New Search by Date Feature Enable Calendar Option Here's How to Do It All Details

Meta's messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced a new feature, which enhances the search capability of the app. The latest feature gives users more convenience than before to search text etc. in chat history. Now users can search messages based on a specific date.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced this feature on his WhatsApp channel. Announcement of. It is being said that the 'Search by Date' feature is available globally for all users on Android, iOS, Mac, Windows and Web. It was reportedly seen in beta testing in November 2023.

To use the 'Search by Date' feature on WhatsApp, users need to open an individual or group chat in which they want to search for messages. After this they need to tap on the three dots in the upper right corner on Android phones or tap on the name of the contact or group on iOS devices. If the app is updated to the latest available version, they will see a small calendar with a search icon after clicking the regular search option. A pop-up calendar will then allow users to select a date of their choice, which will show messages sent or received on that date.

For example, if they want to view a message from October 20, 2023, they can select by date, month, and year on the pop-up calendar. Once a date is selected, the chat or group will directly show messages for that day, from where users can also scroll up or down. Without this feature, users would have been forced to scroll through messages from previous months to access the text.

WhatsApp also recently introduced four new text formatting options globally – bulleted points, numbered lists, block quotes and inline quotes. The new formats now join the existing bold, italic, strikethrough, and monospace formatting options.