You can say “Hey Siri Read New Whatsapp Messages” and Siri will start reading the name of the person you have received the text from followed by the text and the time it was received.
The iTunes Preview for WhatsApp version 2.17.20 shows additional information on this feature and other updates to the app. Along with this feature, you can also select more than one statuses at once and forward or delete them. Also the latest version of WhatsApp, version 2.17.20 has included a support for Persian language. There have also been some visual improvements to the Calls tab, Contact Info and Group Info screens.