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KARACHI: One of the most leading messaging services, WhatsApp is introducing an alert to inform users about the ability to forward media with a caption. The new feature is rolling out by way of a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.2.2.

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The ‘alert’ will be in the form of a message, and will show up on the screen when an image, video, GIF, or document, is being forwarded with a caption.

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As seen above, user will see a message when media in the form of an image, video, GIF, or document, is being forwarded with a caption. “Media and captions are now forwarded together. You can always remove the caption before you forward,” is the message you will see when using the feature.

How to forward media with caption?

While the feature is still under development, it has been made available to select beta testers. To check if it has been enabled on your device, forward an image with a caption; if enabled, you will see a new message box at the bottom of your WhatsApp account.

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Here, you can also remove the caption. For this, just tap the caption icon inside the caption view.