WhatsApp has confirmed that it is bringing the new ‘Groups’ feature Community on the instant messaging platform. “Communities on WhatsApp – A new feature to help users organize their chats on WhatsApp,” is how the company describes it. “While other apps are creating chats for hundreds of thousands of people, we are choosing to focus on supporting groups that are part of our daily lives. It’s early days for communities on WhatsApp and what they have for the year to come. Building new facilities to support this will be our main focus. We can’t wait to take communities into people’s hands and look forward to people’s feedback,” the company said.
Along with communities, WhatsApp users will also get many other features. “We are also making a number of improvements to the way groups work on WhatsApp – whether they are part of a community or not. We think this will help people share in new ways and reduce overload in large chats. These features are rolling out in the coming weeks so people can start trying them out before the community is ready.” here are the details:
Communities facilitate the organization of multiple groups
The Community feature on WhatsApp will enable people to bring different groups together under one umbrella that works for them. Users can receive updates sent to the entire community and easily organize discussion groups that matter to them. Communities will also include new tools for admins, including announcement messages sent to everyone and controlling which groups can be included.
“Communities are inherently private, which is why we will continue to protect messages with end-to-end encryption. This security technology has really never been more essential to protect people’s privacy and security. Close-knit groups – schools, members of a religious congregation, even businesses – want and need to be able to have secure and private conversations without WhatsApp monitoring their every word,” the company said. said in the statement.
Instagram and Facebook Messenger Likes emoji reactions
WhatsApp is bringing message responses similar to those available on Instagram and Facebook Messenger. This feature allows users to react to messages. Users just have to tap and hold the message they want to respond to and then drag their finger over the appropriate emoji. Feedback will appear below the text and will be visible to all members of the group.
Admin Tools to Delete Messages from Another User
With the upcoming update, WhatsApp group admins will be able to delete erroneous or problematic messages from everyone’s chats. Until now only senders were allowed to delete their messages.
File sharing capacity increased to 2GB
Currently, you can only share files as large as 100mb on WhatsApp, but with an upcoming update, the platform will be able to support file transfers of up to 2 gigabytes, so that people can collaborate on a project easily.
Voice calls get new design and support for up to 32 users
WhatsApp will introduce one-tap voice calling for up to 32 people with a new design. The company is changing the design of the app window that appears during group voice calls. The platform is adding voice waveforms for all participants during group calls. Voice waveforms are similar to those seen in voice notes. The changes in the design are minimal but they provide a fresh look to the page.