In the past few months, we’ve seen some Group updates rolled out by WhatsApp to improve the group engagements for WhatsApp users.
Those features and more are now rolling out to everyone in the stable channel, and they include expanded admin controls, group catch-up, and participant search.
According to WhatsApp in a blog post, the following features are now available for all WhatsApp users as soon as they upgrade their version to the latest.
The WhatsApp Features includes;
- Group description: A short blurb found under group info that allows you to set the purpose, guidelines, or topics for the group. When a new person joins a group, the description will show up at the top of the chat.
- Admin controls: In group settings, there’s now a control that allows admins to restrict who can change the group’s subject, icon, and description.
- Group catch up: When you’ve been away from a group chat, quickly catch up on messages that mention or reply to you by tapping on a new @ button that appears at the bottom right corner of the chat.
- Participant search: Find anyone in a group by searching for participants on the group info page.
- Admins can now remove admin permissions of other group participants, and group creators can no longer be removed from the group they started.
One other thing of note is that you can no longer be repeatedly added to a group that you’ve already left. WhatsApp has introduced a safeguard against this, so your annoying friends won’t be able to re-add over and over just to piss you off.
Where Can I Upgrade it?
Go to Google Playstore to update your WhatsApp to the latest version 2.18.142 or sideload it from Apkmirror here.
Let us know what you think about this latest updates rolling out.
Great updates, especially the Group Catch Up…it will serve me very well
Nice one from whatsapp.
Will try it out.
Great update from the whatsapp group. They are really working round the clock
I have had most of these features for a while now as a WhatsApp Beta user. Cool features I must say.
Really great updates from whatsapp. What if i mistakenly exit a group and i wish to be readded, will that still be possible based on the restriction from the info?
nice updates. like the part about them not re-adding back to a group.
Nice one prof kudos this is a cool upgrade from whatsapp nice ideas.
Nice one from team whatsapp
The group catch up is very good will download new update.
Nice one.
Nice update from whatsapp. Kudos…
that Group Catchup and Inability to re-add someone who has left frequently is awesome. Especially where university group chats are concerned, if I leave its bye bye for good, thank God
One other thing of note is that you can no longer be repeatedly added to a group that you’ve already left. WhatsApp has introduced a safeguard against this, so your annoying friends won’t be able to re-add over and over just to piss you off.
That’s where I get problem
Nice features
WhatsApp are always updating their app
Tnx WhatsApp for the new features
This is a nice update
This is nice. Good one
What I enjoy is that main admin can now discontinue another admin but he or she remains in the group. Really nice updates
Nice update from whatsapp
So many functions that most users will probably not use.