Share your WhatsApp Status to Facebook stories

If you haven't already seen this

Back in June, WhatsApp began testing a feature that essentially lets users share their 'Status' updates as a Facebook Story. There hasn't been an official statement from WhatsApp or its parent company Facebook just yet, but the feature now appears to be rolling out the feature to all its users.

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Seeing the feature show up all of a sudden, several users took to Twitter to share what they'd seen, which led us to check ours phone to see if the feature shows up. In my case, it does show up on my Android phone running version 2.19.258, but not on my iPhone. This suggests that the feature is being rolled out in phases and won't be visible to everyone right away.

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For those wondering, this feature works the same as Instagram where users are allowed to share their Instagram Stories on Facebook as well without having to share it separately.

The feature currently shows up only on Android

WhatsApp users will now observe a new sharing option under their status saying "Share as Facebook story" and this will allow them to share their WhatsApp status on their Facebook account.

This, however, does not limit you to share your moments with Facebook only from now on you can also share your status on Instagram, Gmail and Google Photos as well. First, you need to get your accounts linked to the app.

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There is one minor niggle I have with the feature though and that's the fact that if you've posted multiple status updates, then all of them will be shared as Facebook Stories. So if you want to share only a few of them, you will have to take the long route.

What's the long route? First head to the "My status" section, choose the Status updates you want to share, tap on the three-dot button in the top-right corner and then on the "Share to Facebook" option.

The other prerequisite is that you need to have a version of the Facebook app installed on your phone. So, if you're someone who uses your browser to surf Facebook, this feature isn't going to show up for you.

You'll also need to remember that all Status updates on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted. This means that once yu share your updates on Facebook or any other platform, you lose that extra layer of protection that WhatsApp provides.