WhatsApp Communities: What it is, how to create a community and more

WhatsApp Communities: What it is, how to create a community and more

WhatsApp’s Communities is finally live for users. The new feature allows multiple WhatsApp groups to be formed under a larger parent group or community. Here’s all you need to know about Communities, how it will work and how you can use the feature. What is the WhatsApp Communities feature? WhatsApp Communities allows admins to club […]

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Regular customers of K Chandran’s tea shop in Thiruvananthapuram have formed close-knit communities

Regular customers of K Chandran’s tea shop in Thiruvananthapuram have formed close-knit communities

Loyal patrons of Chinthya – Oru Chayakkada at Sasthamangalam in Thiruvananthapuram have created WhatsApp groups and friends’ collectives Loyal patrons of Chinthya – Oru Chayakkada at Sasthamangalam in Thiruvananthapuram have created WhatsApp groups and friends’ collectives Every neighbourhood in Kerala has that ubiquitous chayakkada (tea shop). Over here people bond over several cups of tea […]

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WhatsApp testing feature to let admins delete messages for all: Could it help fight misinformation?

WhatsApp testing feature to let admins delete messages for all: Could it help fight misinformation?

WhatsApp groups are great. They bring together multiple users in one channel where everything from messages to media can be shared. However, some messages can be a problem in group chats. Many times, there is plain and simple misinformation being spread through WhatsApp forwards in larger family groups and even groups with friends, neighbours, etc. […]

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WhatsApp could soon display past participants of group chats after they leave

WhatsApp could soon display past participants of group chats after they leave

WhatsApp is constantly adding and testing new features on its beta software updates and some of these change how group chats work. The Meta-owned instant messaging service has been testing everything from groups with 512 members to allowing users to leave WhatsApp groups silently. Now, it is reportedly testing a feature where group chat participants […]

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WhatsApp group admins to soon have more control over new members

WhatsApp group admins to soon have more control over new members

WhatsApp Group links can be really convenient when you want to create large groups quickly. A shareable link allowed admins to simply share it while all relevant users could themselves join the group via the link. However, this convenience also opened a security vulnerability as the link could end up in the wrong hands and […]

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WhatsApp Groups with 512 members now rolling out to beta users

WhatsApp Groups with 512 members now rolling out to beta users

WhatsApp has been bringing a number of new features to the instant messaging platform over the last few weeks, but one feature that fans had been waiting for for a long time is now coming to beta users of the platform. We are talking about larger WhatsApp Groups, which can now accommodate 512 members instead […]

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