Meta is working hard to add new features to all of its apps and services, including WhatsApp. The social media giant recently announced a few new features for WhatsApp group chats. The new features will benefit both group admins and group participants.
New controls for WhatsApp group admins include more privacy, meaning admins now decide who can join a group. When group admins share a group invite link, they can control who can come and who can’t join the group. Meta recently doubled the group size to 1,024 from 512.
Another new feature announced by Meta for WhatsApp is the ability to search for a contact name to see the groups the two of you are in. This will be useful if you and the contact are both in the same community. You can search the Community to find out which groups you have in common with someone. In WhatsApp Community, you can have up to 50 groups and up to 5,000 members can be added.
In official blog post, Meta announced that the aforementioned new features will begin rolling out globally in the coming weeks. As these are major changes, Meta will make them available through app updates. Moreover, all these changes will be available on WhatsApp on all platforms including Android, iOS, desktop and web.
Meta also promised to continue “creating new tools to make Groups the best experience for admins and members.” In other words, the social media giant has hinted that more features will be added for WhatsApp group admins and members in the future.
