this WhatsApp Communities reaching users from different parts of the world. With the gradual rollout of the app in the stable version, many people are starting to wonder what this new feature is for and how it differs from groups.

Meta announced this new feature in April of this year, and we’ve heard very little else since. Although they are not yet activated in Spain, everything indicates that they are just around the corner and could appear at any time.

Communities: “groups” within groups

communities They are not here to replace WhatsApp groups, but they feed off of them to order under a more organized structure. WhatsApp groups are often a great solution for solving certain problems.

For example, we form or are part of birthdays, events, family, work or education groups. It is therefore possible that over time we may find several groups related to one of the above-mentioned categories.

If we focus on studies, we may have a parent group, an after-school activities group, an event organization group, and a group for each class. We can say that they belong to a community because they are all related to the same school.

This is where WhatsApp Communities come into play. The School can create a Community that includes all groups and thus contributes to the organization and dissemination of topics from different fields under the same structure.

In addition to grouping new and pre-created groups, each with its own activity and corresponding admins, the creator of the community, moderate content and send global messages via “notification group”.

How to create WhatsApp Community on Android or iOS?

• Click on new tab Communities on WhatsApp and Select start a community.
• Enter the community name, description and profile photo.
• click create group anyone Add existing group (you can add up to 50 groups and you must be an admin).
• Green check mark on Android and iOS Create.

Once the community is created, it will appear in the new WhatsApp Communities icon. As an administrator, you will have the ability to add or remove groups at any time. delete messages from any member.

WhatsApp Communities on iOS

WhatsApp Communities on Android

You can also assign it to other administrators with the same privileges as you. Within the community you will find an additional group called “Notification Group” where only administrators can post messages.

It should be noted that Community members can leave the announcements group at any time without giving up their belonging to that group. Same way, They can enter and leave the groups that make up the community whenever they want..

WhatsApp states that those who are part of a Community can only see the phone number of admins and people with whom they share groups. It also points out that these are protected by end-to-end encryption.

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