WhatsApp is engaged on a characteristic that would enhance the expertise of a person becoming a member of an current group on the favored messaging app. A characteristic tracker has shared particulars of a brand new WhatsApp setting that will present as much as 24 hours of messages from the group, earlier than a member was added to the chat. The characteristic can solely be enabled by group directors (or admins) and can assist present context about current messages to newly added members. In the meantime, Meta’s CEO has introduced a brand new characteristic that may remove the trouble of naming new teams on WhatsApp.
In line with WABetaInfo, a WhatsApp characteristic tracker, the Meta-owned messaging service is presently engaged on a characteristic titled “Current Historical past Sharing”. Noticed on WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.18.5, the characteristic will show chats despatched to the group by current members, as much as 24 hours earlier than a person joins the group.
Current group members will likely be knowledgeable that the characteristic has been enabled
Picture Credit score: WABetaInfo
It’s value noting that this characteristic continues to be in growth, which implies that beta testers cannot attempt it out on the newest testing model of WhatsApp — and there isn’t any phrase on when it may finally roll out to all customers. The favored messaging platform is presently rolling out the not too long ago introduced Channels characteristic that permits customers to see as much as 30 days of earlier messages after they be part of a brand new channel. In contrast to a channel, the current historical past sharing performance for teams provides a shorter window of 24 hours.
As beforehand talked about, the setting can solely be enabled by a gaggle admin, and WABetaInfo says that current members will see a message informing them that the characteristic has been turned on. A picture shared by the characteristic tracker exhibits a smaller message within the chat — presumably displayed utilizing reverse engineering — that confirms current historical past sharing has been turned on for brand new members.
In the meantime, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday introduced that the messaging app was rolling out a characteristic that will routinely use participant names for a brand new group chat in an effort to remove the necessity to consider a gaggle title when creating a brand new one on WhatsApp. The characteristic was illustrated in a screenshot shared by Zuckerberg.
The brand new automated group naming characteristic ought to be obtainable to customers on all platforms, and Devices 360 was capable of affirm that it was engaged on the newest beta model of WhatsApp for Android however not on the iOS model of the app. Customers can anticipate the characteristic to roll out to the app on their smartphones over the approaching weeks.
