In the last few days, the WhatsApp App has been working on interesting updates for its users. Among these are new ones privacy control settings, which give you more control over who can see your profile picture, detailed information and status. And that’s not all. The platform also announced major news for group callswhich are added to the options implemented to voice messages.
WhatsApp: App announces new features for users
In a recent tweet, the WhatsApp App announced that it is implementing detailed privacy control settings for all users. Until now, for example, the platform has given us the possibility to choose whether to give information to everyone, a group of selected contacts or none. But to facilitate the experience of those who use the App, there is now the“My contacts except …” option. This feature allows you to create a list of contacts who will not be able to see your profile photo or status, keeping this information visible to the rest of your contacts. In short, you will have the opportunity to create the vostra blacklist on WhatsApp.
Beyond this, as anticipated, the App has also added new functions for group voice calls. Here’s what it is specifically:
- banner of notifies you when a user is added to a call group
- Possibility of mute some contacts during the call, thus avoiding being disturbed when you only want to relate to one person
- Possibility of send messages to participants group call without interrupting the conversation.
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Additionally, the WhatsApp App recently launched one of the most requested features of all time: the ability to transfer chats from an Android device to an iPhone. And then he implemented the maximum number of participants in a group from 256 to 512 people. In short, many new options that will make the life of users on the platform much easier.