With the idea of ​​popularizing its use among groups of people, WhatsApp is incorporating small-time news into its mobile apps. It officially confirmed the arrival of the communities last week. And recently a way was included in betas make it easy to create groups: from the contact information each user has. We tested it.

There are two aspects to getting an invite to a WhatsApp group: on the one hand, it’s always appreciated that someone else thinks of us; on the other hand, there are groups that are dragged into a constant and meaningless conversation. There are those who face this dilemma, there are those who choose to leave as soon as they receive the invitation, others prevent them from participating in group chats. For the rest, the new WhatsApp can come in handy.

WhatsApp’s new beta option “Create a group with…”

Left, WhatsApp beta for Android; right, WhatsApp beta for iPhone

As is often the case with the mobile development of the popular messaging app, this innovation we are talking about is not initially accessible to all users. only visible on phones with beta version installed, both Android and iPhone. Also, it’s not visible to all users: as WaBetaInfo confirms, direct grouping is only available in some beta apps.

The idea of ​​WhatsApp is that anyone can create new groups simply by accessing the contact’s description (where the name of the person in question appears at the top of the chat). However, there is one condition: There must be at least one partner group.

To create groups from the new option added to the contact profile, the following steps must be performed:

• Access chat with any user and click on their name to view their profile information.
• Scroll down to the “Public Groups” menu.
• WhatsApp will list the groups you both partner withpeople you are currently joining.
• Click the new “Create group with…” button to quickly create a group with this person.
• WhatsApp gives you the option to add more participants to the group. Add what you want and click the green arrow below.
• Define the subject of the group, add a reference image and complete the configuration with the button below.

The new beta option doesn’t mean an extreme advance towards creating new WhatsApp groups, it just adds more information to contacts to deepen our commonalities. Yes definitely, Currently not active for everyone: WhatsApp will definitely add it to the stable version when I finish testing it.

via | WaBetaInfo