The new functions that WhatsApp has implemented during 2022

Throughout 2022, WhatsAppthe most used instant messaging social network in the world, made a series of modifications in the platform.

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However, despite its popularity and wide use, many people still do not know what are these updates. Here we tell you what it is and how they work.

– See ‘just once’: allows to send photographs and videos They can only play once.

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– Temporary messages: allows delete chat messages automatically at the interval chosen by the user, who can choose between 24 hours, 7 days or 3 months.

– Messages deleted by administrator: person ‘administrator’ of the groups you can delete the messages of any of the participants.

– More members of groups and communities: this year the Communities function was implemented, which brings together groups. A group can have 512 members; whereas, a community can have 1,024 accounts.

– Audio playback: Before, you could only listen to an audio within the chat in which it was sent, but now, WhatsApp allows you to continue playing while browsing other chats or other application settings.

(See: WhatsApp Communities: what is this new feature and how it works).

– Customization of ‘online‘: the platform allows choose who can see when the user is ‘online’.

– Multi-device: allowed pair up to four devices to one phone at a time. “Each linked device connects to WhatsApp independently, and the same level of privacy and security is maintained through end-to-end encryption that users are used to”, clear the platform.

– Avatars: can be sent virtual characters with their appearance in sticker mode.

– Video calls with more people: nowadays, A total of 32 users can join.

– Reactions to messages and states: now you can too react to messages of a conversation with an emoticon.

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