Latest WhatsApp Beta News and Feature Updates

WhatsApp is replacing the advanced chat privacy feature with restricted chats, making its purpose clearer. Restricted Chat still limits what participants can do with messages in their conversations. WhatsApp is also upgrading the feature by limiting these chats to the primary device only.

WhatsApp is exploring a cleaner design for the bottom navigation bar without text labels. This makes the bar look more minimal than the previous version. This is still not the final design since WhatsApp continues to explore different layouts before the official release.

WhatsApp is developing a new feature for WhatsApp Plus that lets users control when they get notified about specific chat lists. Users will be able to automatically mute or hide certain chats outside of allowed times. This gives premium subscribers a smarter tool to manage their attention without manually muting and unmuting their conversations.

WhatsApp is introducing a feature that lets users create groups based on a specific poll option. When at least two group members vote for the same option, WhatsApp allows users to create a new group from the poll details screen. WhatsApp will automatically add who voted to the new group.

WhatsApp will bring channels to the Chats tab, making it easier for users to switch between their conversations and channels. Users who already follow channels will see a prompt to decide where they should see them. WhatsApp will also remove the Updates tab once it completes this transition.