during this year WhatsApp Added several features focused on improving privacy settings and adding options for interacting with contacts.

Options like hiding connection information and undeleting messages were important. But also creating polls and reactions made it possible to expand the communication alternatives within the messaging app.

All new WhatsApp features in 2022

Improving privacy

End-to-end encryption has had several enhancements to chats and the content that users share, including its new tools:

– hide online status: You can control who has access to information about connection time and whether you are online.

– Leave groups silent: The message will no longer appear in these chats when the user leaves.

– Accidental deletion: If the Delete for Me button is accidentally pressed, the app gives you five seconds to undo the action.

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topics

This is a new format that differs from groups because it aims to better organize mass conversions by combining several groups in one place. Topics give administrators much more control, such as creating subgroups and posts.

New functions in groups

Several options have been added to this section, such as the ability to create polls, add up to 1024 members, up from the previous number of 256, and now admins can delete unwanted messages or messages that may cause problems.

Better voice and video calls

– Calls from 32 people: The number of possible users of voice and video communications has increased.

– Send messages or mute callers: By pressing the participant for a few seconds, you can choose several new options to contact him separately.

– Call links: Create a link to share it with other contacts and join the call.

– Banner messages: This will be an alert that will notify you when someone joins the call.

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Voice messages

Background playback so you can exit the chat and continue listening to the audio in another app.

– Record pause/refresh: When recording a voice message, it can be locked to have the ability to pause and resume as many times as the user wants.

– review: An alternative to listen to voice notes before sending and delete them if you are not satisfied with the recording.

– playback reminder: When listening to someone else’s message and pausing it, the app will resume playback from where it left off.

– Quick playback: Increase the speed by 1.5x or 2x.

More forms of expression

– Reactions: Choose an emoji to reply to a specific message, helping to reduce the burden of repeated replies in groups.

– Avatars: A custom icon can be created to use as a profile picture or as a sticker in conversations.

– Status updates: A green ring will appear on profile photos in the main feed if someone has uploaded a status.

Accessibility settings

– Send yourself a message: Chat created with own contact to use for recording.

– 2 GB file sharing: The minimum range of space that can be occupied by shared files, photos and videos has been expanded.

– Transfer chats from Android to iOS and vice versa: Now you can easily transfer account information between both operating systems.

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