[Update: Better now] WhatsApp beta adds launcher app shortcuts, though they're pretty useless

Update 1: 2017/08/02 7:57am PDT Like we speculated, after a couple of updates to the beta app, the launcher shortcuts on WhatsApp have improved compared to their first iteration a few days ago. The New Chat It took nearly a year, but WhatsApp has just added launcher app shortcuts on Android Nougat (or Marshmallow if you use a compatible launcher like Nova and Action). Thing is, the functions that WhatsApp decided to elevate to shortcut status are... Read More [Update: Better now] WhatsApp beta adds launcher app shortcuts, though they're pretty useless was written by the awesome team at Android Police. Android Match ae http://androidmatch.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default