changes are coming in WhatsApp. Through a communiquéMeta has shared the next news that will come to the most popular instant messaging app, being the communities the most important concept to keep in mind.
These Communities seek to bring together all those groups that we can have in the same place. “The Communities feature will also feature powerful new tools for administrators, such as sending announcement messages to members of all groups or assigning which group information will be shared to,” the note reads.
The company gives the example of a school, where a director can share the most important messages and, in turn, create other groups for “specific classes, extracurricular activities or volunteer needs”. In the same way, there will be news for the groups in general, such as “reduce message overload in the biggest chats.”
In addition to this notable change, WhatsApp announces another series of news. One of them are the reactionsa feature that we can already see in other apps like Telegram, in which we can react to specific messages without posting a message as such.
They can also be shared files up to 2GB size and make calls from 32 people, with a “totally new” design. In the groups, in addition, the administrators will be able to delete messages that they do not consider appropriate.
Given the “inherently private” use of Communities, WhatsApp promises to protect messages “with end-to-end encryption.” “Closed groups – schools, members of a religious congregation and even businesses – want and need to have conversations that are safe and private. without WhatsApp monitoring your every word“, they add.
these news they will come gradually to WhatsApp, being the users of the beta versions of the app the first to enjoy them.
