What’s up? doubles the maximum capacity of groups again. A year ago they could have a maximum of 256 participants, this year the number has increased to 512, and now the app has enabled a limit that is double that for some people: 1,024 people.

According to WaBetaInfo, some WhatsApp beta users on both Android and iOS Groups of 1,024 people, a figure much higher than the current limit. The limit also applies to existing groups.

Mass groups on WhatsApp

While the community feature comes to the fore, WhatsApp again increases the number of people a group can have. The new limit is 1,024 people, just double the previous limit, and is already active for a few users using WhatsApp Beta for iOS or Android.

Want to know if this is your case? There is a very simple way to check. Start creating a new group on WhatsApp and after selecting the first contact it will show maximum number of participants at the top. If it shows 512, you are still at the old limit.

New user limit. Image from WaBetaInfo

For now Meta hasn’t made any official statements. Regarding the new 1,024 participant limit for a group, though it’s common for news to be discovered before the company goes public. What is not so common is that the innovation is activated without prior notice to users, but only a few seem to get the new limit.

This new slack limit comes in time to start the communities function, in a larger scope (for example, members of a community of neighbors), may need groups with more users than the previous 512. The number is high, but pales in comparison to the 200,000 people Telegram supports.

via | WaBetaInfo