Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp will soon allow its users to create large group chats. According to the report of WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp Users will be able to add 1,024 participants to the group in the future. Earlier this year the limit was increased from 256 to 512.
The report states that this feature is already available on WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS. However, it is limited to a certain undefined number of beta testers. This feature is expected to be rolled out to more users in future updates. whatsapp group The 1,024 participants will function similar to small WhatsApp groups. With this feature, users will see more messages and messages will reach more people. but that’s about it. There is no big change coming.
Large WhatsApp groups will be helpful for enterprises and businesses, as it will allow them to message multiple people at once. To compare, whatsapp-rival Wire Allows users to add up to 200,000 people to the group.
Earlier this month, Telegram founder Pavel Durov took a dig at WhatsApp calling it a ‘surveillance tool’. Telegram founder has urged users to stay away from Meta-owned WhatsApp. He has highlighted a security issue revealed by WhatsApp last month and said that the messaging platform is putting user data at risk. He urged people to use any other instant messaging app except WhatsApp. “Hackers can have full access to everything on WhatsApp users’ phones,” Durov said in his Telegram message. He also claimed that WhatsApp has been keeping user data under surveillance for the past 13 years. Furthermore, he said that the security issues found on WhatsApp are in fact deliberately planned.
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