Five updates and features from WhatsApp

Five updates and features from WhatsApp

WhatsApp is working on five major updates including a change to the way group chats work and other new features in the beta version.

And these upcoming updates will make a big change in the work of the application, according to what was revealed by WABetaInfo.

5 major updates

Below are five of the new features that are being developed.

First, a section dedicated to disappearing messages that has been redesigned to make it easier to use.

Second: the ability to quickly open chats using your phone number so you can talk.

Third: Develop a mode that allows you to add an additional phone number to your existing WhatsApp account.

Fourth: Automatic mute when joining large WhatsApp groups.

Fifth: New support for the “Do Not Disturb” feature at the system level, which will detect missed calls while “mute”.

Easier use

These changes should make the app much easier to use although there is no exact release date for any of them.

While the group chat feature is very useful as it starts if you try to join a group with more than 256 participants.

Lacy Ma it's currently impossible to have a group with more than 512 members, but WhatsApp is also testing a separate change that expands the maximum group sizes to 1024 people.

Group chat feature

WhatsApp group sizes were originally limited to 100 people, before changing to 256 in 2016.

Then, earlier this year, that number increased to 512.

It is noteworthy that those who wish to try the new WhatsApp features, before making them available to everyone, can join the WhatsApp beta version through the Google Play Store from Android devices.

Joining the WhatsApp beta on iPhone is more difficult and has limited capacity.