WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.19.35: what's new?

WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.24.19.35.
What's new in this update? WhatsApp is releasing a fix to address a bug with locked chats and filters, and it's available to everyone!

In the article about the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.19.16 update, we announced that WhatsApp is rolling out a Meta AI assistant feature for businesses. With this feature, businesses can leverage AI-driven capabilities to enhance their operations, offering personalized insights, and generating creative content for their catalogs such as images and ads. Unfortunately, it appears that there was a critical bug with showing locked chats and filters, introduced with the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.19.16 update from the Google Play Store, which is affecting a certain number of users.

With the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.19.16 update, several beta testers have reported encountering a critical bug that prevented them from opening their locked chats or selecting a filter for the chats list. Specifically, these elements were missing from the interface, causing frustration for users who relied on these features for privacy and organization. Consequently, users could no longer access important or sensitive conversations stored in locked chats. The inability to use chat filters also disrupted the ease of navigating through conversations, as it might have caused inefficiency in managing messages.

Attempts to resolve the issue by restarting the device or force-stopping the app proved to be ineffective. As a result, a new bug fix update was needed for a definitive solution, as announced via our profile on X. This issue was present with the recent updates, and since some users have auto-update enabled, they may have received the latest versions automatically, preventing them from using these features to manage their chats and groups. After installing the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.19.35 update from the Google Play Store, we discovered it is a bug-fix update that finally addresses the mentioned issue. This means that users can now open their locked chats or apply a filter to the chats list without encountering any issues.

The fix is rolling out after installing the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.19.35 update from the Google Play Store. Please, make sure to install this build in order to use a version of WhatsApp without experiencing the bug.

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