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WhatsApp Beta Version Allows Testers to Try New Voice Chats and ‘Send for Admin Review’ Feature

WhatsApp beta — the company's testing version of the popular messaging app — has added a new feature with the latest update. Previously referred to as audio chats, this feature allows users to start a voice call in a group. Meanwhile, a recent beta update also added support for sending messages to group admins for review, a feature that could help improve administration of groups on the platform. These features are expected to roll out to users on the stable channel at a later date.With the update to WhatsApp beta for…

WhatsApp Group History Sharing Feature in the Works; Mark Zuckerberg Announces Automatic Group Naming

WhatsApp is working on a feature that could improve the experience of a user joining an existing group on the popular messaging app. A feature tracker has shared details of a new WhatsApp setting that will show up to 24 hours of messages from the group, before a member was added to the chat. The feature can only be enabled by group administrators (or admins) and will help provide context about recent messages to newly added members. Meanwhile, Meta's CEO has announced a new feature that will eliminate the hassle of naming…

WhatsApp’s Phone Number Privacy Feature for Communities Reportedly Rolling Out to Android, iOS Beta Testers

WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new privacy-focused feature for community members. The new functionality previously said to be in testing would let users hide their phone numbers while joining a community. The feature called “phone number privacy”, is reportedly available to all Android and iOS beta testers. With this, users can participate in conversations and show their reactions to messages by hiding their names and phone numbers from other members of the community. The Meta-owned instant messaging app has not…

WhatsApp updates the Communities and Groups icons for Android Beta

Image Source : FILE WhatsApp updates the Communities and Groups icons for Android Beta WhatsApp is introducing new icons for communities and their linked groups on its Android beta version. The current icon for communities features rounded edges to distinguish them from regular conversations. In addition, groups associated with a community are displayed with multiple…

WhatsApp users can now easily add participants, manage groups

WhatsApp rolled out Communities features last year, to help people get the most out of their groups. Following that path, the Meta owned messaging app has now announced a couple of new features for Apple iPhone and Android device users. As per the company, the new features make groups more manageable for admins and easier to navigate for everyone. Here are the new features announced by WhatsApp: New controls for admins WhatsApp has rolled out a simple tool that gives admins the ability to decide…

WhatsApp Begins Listing Common Groups in Contact Search Results for Some Beta Testers: Report

WhatsApp has begun testing a feature on the latest beta version of the popular messaging app for Android that will display common groups when searching for a contact on WhatsApp. The change to the application's search feature will allow users to quickly find a group with an obscure title or if its name is in a different language. Meanwhile, the Meta-owned messaging service is also redesigning the attachment picker menu on the Android application. However, unlike the revamped search feature, the new attachment picker…

WhatsApp Developing Feature to Let Users Set Expiration Date for Group Chats, Save Storage: Report

WhatsApp has been spotted developing a feature that would help users reclaim precious storage space on their smartphones. The instant messaging app is working on a feature that will allow users to set an expiration date for group chats. The latest beta version of WhatsApp for iOS update contains references to this upcoming feature, but the Meta-owned messaging service is yet to officially announce plans to roll out the feature.The feature, dubbed ‘Expiring Groups' will enable users to set a date for their group to expire.…

WhatsApp groups may soon get ‘expiration date’, to clean up old data after that

Making a WhatsApp group is one of the first things that people do nowadays when planning a group activity but that WhatsApp group only lasts till everyone has shared the images or the activity is complete. Many such WhatsApp groups remain at the bottom of our chat list unattended but they do eat up a significant amount of space. To take care of this problem, WhatsApp is working on a new feature called “Expiring groups”. As the name suggests, the WhatsApp feature will allow users to set an expiration date for their groups.…