WhatsApp rolls out screen sharing feature: What you can and cannot do with it

Can do: Share screen in both individual and group chats

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Can do: Preview documents, files, web pages and more

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Can do: Offers privacy screen for banking apps and services

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Can do: Works in both portrait and landscape layout

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Can do: On Windows, you can choose to share a particular window or entire display

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Can do: Capture screenshots

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Can’t do: No privacy offering on Windows version

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Can’t do: Can’t share audio data from Gallery videos

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