The old version would have gotten 5 Stars, but I was negatively surprised by the update. I neither need "Camera" nor "Status" while I miss having "Favourite Contacts", as I liked the possibility to look at the Profiles of all my contacts, which isnt possible any more.
Furthermore I dont like it how sent pictures are summarized. I can understand that this might be practical for some people though. It would be good to have that option while also having the possibility of disabling it.
I like the improvement that you can select now up to 30 pictures to send them via WhatsApp.
It would also be very practical if you could save more that 5 pictures at a time to your camera roll.
But still... it remains my preferred messaging app, so: thumbs up ??!