Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerbergannounced in the last hours one of the biggest updates of WhatsAppwhich will change the messaging application and make it more similar to a social network, reported Daily Star.
In the Communities, users will be able to combine related group chats under a single theme in private social networks.
For example, schools could combine all of their group chats into one community to send important announcements to everyone.
“With a focus on privacy, safety, and security, we’ve added video chats, voice messages, stories, commerce, payments, and more to WhatsApp and Messenger,” Zuckerberg said in a statement. a Facebook postthe social network he created in 2004 and made him a billionaire.
“With today’s launch, we’re going even further and enabling people to not only communicate with friends and close contacts, but also with all the different communities in your life“added the businessman.
This new tool will expand the reach of WhatsApp chats.
“The communities in WhatsApp they will allow people to bring separate groups together under one umbrella with a structure that works for them. That way, people can get updates sent to the entire community and easily host smaller discussion groups about what matters to them.” the official blog of the messaging application.
Zuckerberg also revealed the company’s plans for other new WhatsApp features:
-Message reactions.
-Large file sharing.
-Group calls of 32 people.
-Leave groups quietly.
-Greater group capabilities.
-Admins can delete messages for everyone in a group.