WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.21.0.74: what's new?
WhatsApp has just submitted a new update through the TestFlight beta Program, bringing the version up to 22.21.0.74. The version marked within WhatsApp Settings is 2.22.21.74 and the TestFlight build is 22.21.0 (406671622).
What's new in this update? WhatsApp is working on a list of pending group participants, for a future update of the app!
| Common questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Name of the feature? | Pending participants |
| Status? | Under development |
| Availability? | WhatsApp is working on bringing this feature for a future update of the app. |
| I have the same version but I don't have this feature, why? | This feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to beta testers. Please wait for a future update. |
| Previous news? | WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.22.7: what’s new? WhatsApp is releasing the ability to share documents with a caption! |
PENDING PARTICIPANTS
In the article about the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.18.18 update, we posted news about a new feature under development: a "pending participants" section. Thanks to this section, group admins can easily see all people that want to join the group and approve them at any time. Since the news has been discovered during the development of WhatsApp beta for Android, we tried to get some information from the iOS app in those days but no further information was available ... until today. In fact, thanks to the new WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.21.0.74 update, we discovered that WhatsApp is now working on bringing the same feature for a future update of the iOS beta app:
As you can see in the above screenshot, there will be an additional section called "pending participants" right within group info: it will only be visible to group admins since they are the only members to be able to approve new people. In fact as we said in the past, WhatsApp is also working on a new option to manage who can approve new participants and this news has been spotted during the development of the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.18.9 update. When this option is enabled, approval for new members is limited to group admins and new people that want to join the group by using a group invite link, for example, need to be manually approved by an admin.
Unfortunately, features related to pending participants and group approval are under development and we do not know when they will be released to users. Be sure to find an article in this website when these additional features for groups will be rolled out to beta testers in the future.
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