WhatsApp’s Status feature gets a ton of new functionality, including voice and reactions

Today WhatsApp is announcing that the Status feature is getting a ton of new functionality. The updates that enable all of these new functions are already rolling out to users globally, and should become available to everyone who uses WhatsApp “in the coming weeks”.

So what exactly is new, you wonder? First off, you can now record and share voice messages as status messages. These can be up to 30 seconds long. Next up, you can update your privacy settings per status, so you can choose who can see (or hear) your status every time you update it. As you might expect, your most recent audience…