WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.25.22: what’s new?

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WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.22.25.22.
What’s new in this update? WhatsApp is working on message reactions within the announcement group of communities, for a future update of the app!

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Common questions Answers
Name of the feature? Message reactions – announcement group
Status? Under development
Availability? WhatsApp is working on bringing message reactions to a future update of the app.
I’ve installed this update but I don’t have this feature. Why? This feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to beta testers, but you can discover a preview in this article.
How to join your community on WhatsApp? WABetaInfo Community
Previous news? WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.25.20: what’s new? WhatsApp is working on sending view once text messages!
MESSAGE REACTIONS

A few days ago, we published a community invite link to join our announcement group on WhatsApp: thanks to the announcement group, you can get our news right within WhatsApp. Isn’t that great?
Since the participants’ list is private, it doesn’t show up within the announcement group and this is exactly the reason why it is not possible to react to messages within the announcement group: reacting to a message would reveal phone numbers so this feature is not available right now. But there is news: WhatsApp is working on bringing the ability to react to messages within this group for a future update of the app!

As you can see in this screenshot, a persistent banner will show up within the announcement group and it says to update your version of WhatsApp in order to react to messages: this will be needed since WhatsApp is working on masking phone numbers within the announcement group. When the ability to react to messages will be available within the announcement group of communities, your reaction is not linked to your phone number and this is a big privacy feature.

The ability to react to messages within the announcement group will be released in a future update of WhatsApp beta for Android. As always, an article will be available on this website when this feature is available and you can get a notification by joining our community on WhatsApp.

Follow WABetaInfo on Twitter to always be up to date about WhatsApp news, and you can discover all other changes implemented on WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, Web/Desktop, and Windows!

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In addition, a Discord Server invite link is available! You can join to discover more about WhatsApp: you can chat in different channels, give advice, ask for help, and read my announcements faster thanks to push notifications!