WhatsApp is getting another major update but it could be bad news for iPhone users

UPDATE: WhatsApp is testing its latest version on Android

There's some good news and bad news for fans of WhatsApp.

The world's most popular messaging app is currently testing some tasty new features which could be launching officially in the next few weeks.

Included in the latest beta version of the app, which is available for testers now, is the ability to search for GIFs.

WhatsApp brought GIF support to its platform last year but users currently have to find these moving images on the web before being able to send them.

With the new update fans of the messaging service will be able to embed GIFS directly from within the app.

The search, which is similar to Apple's Messages, finds GIFs from services such as GIPHY.

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Along with the GIF search the update also allows WhatsApp users to share more media at once - the limit has now been raised from ten files to thirty files.

This will be good news for people who currently have to send multiple message if they want to include more than ten media file.

Android beta version 2.17.6 is available now with a full Android release expected soon.

Sadly, if you own an iPhone it appears you might not get this update until later in the year.

WhatsApp is known to launch its updates on either iOS or Android first, with the a full rollout coming later.

Last year WhatsApp revealed its new camera modes which went live on Android weeks before the iPhone

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