Instant messaging app WhatsApp Has published information about its new features related to group chats. These include the ability to mute other contacts in a group chat during a voice call.

With this new option WhatsApp is trying to offer More fluidity and simplicity Interfering with two or more contacts in voice conversations. The above is part of his efforts to make the use of the app more practical, which is shown, for example, Background listening of voice messagesWhich was previously impossible.

Will Cutcart, The app director announced some features of the new feature through his social networks, including the ability Silencing other people During the call, to hear more clearly what the other contact is doing.

This functionality can be combined with other tools introduced by this news package, i.e. the ability Send messages to specific people in a group during a voice call.

That way, if any of your contacts do not realize that you are still on the call, other users can notify you and mute your microphone. The option was defined by the manager as “Excellent and convenient if someone forgot to shut up”.

With this update, Cathcart said, a new format has also been introduced to notify contacts a Group Chat about what Another user joined the video call and did not appear in the app interface.

So far, only six contacts have appeared on the screen, which is the first time a multi-voice call has been added. New members Were in the background And their entry or presence in the chat is not observed.

To fix this, messages are now being sent when users join a group voice call using Notification ‘X has joined the call’, Which is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Another new feature that the app has enabled is related Manzana And is an option Drag chats from Messaging app Jan. Android device On the new iPhone. This is part of the tool upgrade Go to iOS.

This tool allows you to transfer large amounts of data from Android to iPhone, such as contacts, message history, camera photos and videos, Internet bookmarks and email accounts, as well as calendars and various screen settings.

Historically, WhatsApp chats, photos and videos Android supported Google Drive. While being This is done on the iPhone iCloud. This is a problem when moving from one device to another because backups from one cloud to another simply do not exist.

This new feature tries to reduce this obstacle.

Apple also explained this You will not have access to chats, photos or videos while moving. In fact, data transfer, like the rest of the process, takes place through direct connections between devices. Theoretically, this increases the transmission speed because it does not happen Cloud WhatsApp and depends on the connection Internet.

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