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WhatsApp Rolling Out New Features

WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature that lets you gather groups together under - ‘Communities’. On...
Ben Finnegan
Ben Finnegan

11:41 AM - 3 Nov 2022



WhatsApp Rolling Out New Featu...

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WhatsApp Rolling Out New Features

Ben Finnegan
Ben Finnegan

11:41 AM - 3 Nov 2022



WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature that lets you gather groups together under - ‘Communities’.

Once a set of groups is added to a community, admins will be able to send announcements to everyone in all the groups at once.

 

WhatsApp parent company Meta said the feature aims to connect groups into neighbourhood, schools or workplace communities.

While admins will be able to speak to entire communities at once, conversations within the groups themselves will remain private.

Meta hopes the new feature will allow it to compete with communication platforms and networks like Slack and Discord.

WhatsApp Communities update. Image: WhatsApp WhatsApp Communities update. Image: WhatsApp

It is banking on being able to leverage the popularity of WhatsApp, which is already used by two billion people and has the advantage of end-to-end encryption, to make a splash in the area.

While many of the features associated with Communities were revealed back in April, today’s announcement includes some new updates.

Firstly, video calls can now include up to 32 people and secondly the maximum number of users in a group is being doubled to 1,024.

WhatsApp Communities update. Image: WhatsApp WhatsApp Communities update. Image: WhatsApp

Meanwhile, polls and Zoom-style shareable call links are also being rolled out.

WhatsApp users should be able to see the communities tab in the app from today – at the top of your chats for Android and the bottom on IOS.

From there, you can make a new community from scratch or from a selection of your existing groups.



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