WHATSAPP is working on major updates that will completely change the app.
Insiders have revealed six big tweaks that will make a big difference to how you use it.
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The Meta-owned texting app is wildly popular, used by billions of people every year.
That means WhatsApp has to carefully test new features before rolling them out – or it could cause chaos.
Tech sleuths at WABetaInfo dig into the “beta test” version of WhatsApp regularly to uncover upcoming changes.
And there are some big ones lined up.
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New WhatsApp changes
Here are the six big changes in development at WhatsApp:
- A new section to view past group participants
- An in-chat notification when someone leaves a group that only group admins can see
- Emoji reactions for WhatsApp Status with a selection of eight quick-tap icons
- A tweaked context menu on WhatsApp for Windows with spelling action included
- A new security feature called “login approval” that adds an optional extra safety layer
- Phone number sharing toggle for members of a WhatsApp Community
The bad news is that we don’t know exactly when these updates will roll out.
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Some could take days, weeks or even months.
And it’s possible that WhatsApp decides one of the features doesn’t work well and scraps it entirely.
If you want to try the latest WhatsApp features first, you can join the app beta.
Follow our guide below to get started.
How to get WhatsApp beta
To download WhatsApp beta for your smartphone you need to go to Google Play on your Android and search for WhatsApp.
Scroll down the page until you see “Become a Beta Tester”.
Tap the “I’m In” button and then click “Join” to confirm.
Now all you have to do is wait for the update to the beta version of the app.
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Joining the WhatsApp beta on iOS for iPhone is more difficult, and has limited capacity.
Follow Apple’s guide here.
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