WhatsApp communities gain more features and even transfer of power

WhatsApp messenger for Android has officially received new features for Communities. The additions are part of the update 2.24.18.80 for smartphones with Google's mobile operating system and were detected by the website WABetaInfo.

The main tool made available is the possibility of transfer ownership of a Community to other people. This can only be done by those who are already an administrator, but it takes effect immediately and can be done through the page menus. The chosen person immediately receives a notification confirming the change of position.

WhatsApp update confirming new features
WhatsApp update confirming new features

Community Owners have more decision-making and management powers, even being able to close the group as a whole or remove other administrators.

More changes to WhatsApp

In addition to this change, the update now allows you to administrators hide chats from certain Community membersleaving some conversations visible only to invitees.

This feature better organizes the structure of the space and allows for more discreet chats, such as for segmented teams or just for privileged users, for example.

The update was made official last Friday (13), but is gradually being released to all users globally. If you still do not have access to the features, just wait a few more weeks at most until they are fully available.

Communities are special pages that allow the creation of networks of people, with multiple groups belonging to the same space. In Brazil, the feature was released at the beginning of 2023.

In addition to adding new powers to Community owners, WhatsApp is also testing the use of an AI chatbot with celebrity voices, the separation of contact lists from multiple accounts and the possibility of joining conversations from other messengers into a single app — a measure currently exclusive to the European Union.


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