December 19, 2024

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WhatsApp expands variety of contributors in single group chat. Details right here

After asserting the ‘response’ characteristic for the customers, the WhatsApp messaging app is now rolling out one other helpful characteristic: the power so as to add as much as 512 folks to teams. However, the characteristic has been rolled out for sure folks and isn’t out there for everybody.

WhatsApp can be rolling out sharing media information as much as 2GB in dimension, ‘protected’ by end-to-end encryption.  The Facebook-backed platform beforehand examined the brand new restrict in Argentina a while in the past, and the corporate is now able to launch it to everybody.

“You now send files within WhatsApp up to 2GB in size at a time, protected by end-to-end encryption. This is an increase from the previous limit of 100MB and we think will be helpful for collaboration among small businesses and school groups,” WhatsApp mentioned in a weblog submit.

The messaging app mentioned it’ll additionally show a counter whereas importing or downloading to let you know the way lengthy your switch will take.

Meanwhile, on Friday WhatsApp rolled out ‘Reaction characteristic’ for all its customers which can make it simpler for customers to ship emojis to single messages. Until now, a consumer needed to sort an emoji to react to a message. However, from right this moment it is going to be performed immediately by simply tapping and holding the message you need to react to.

The WhatsApp response characteristic will work in a approach just like Instagram and Facebook Messenger.

WhatsApp response: How to ship message reactions

You can react to messages in your particular person and group chats with emoji. You can view all reactions to a message by tapping the reactions emoji under the message.A consumer can solely add one response per message. Reactions to disappearing messages will disappear when the message disappears.

Add a response to a message

When you add a response, solely the sender of the message being reacted to will obtain a notification.Long press on a message.Tap to pick one of many displayed emoji.

Change your response

You can change your response to a special one.Long press on a message you reacted to.Tap a special emoji.

Remove a response

You can take away your response to a message. A notification gained’t be despatched to the sender of the message should you take away a response.Long press on the message you reacted to.Tap the emoji you reacted with to take away it.

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